Anonymous Content finalizes deal for production company AUTOMATIC, but their managing partner Grandview remains separate: The Dish

EXCLUSIVE: After months of rumors and an exclusive three-month negotiation phase, Anonymous Content is now close to a deal to automatically take over the production company. There’s a twist here: Deadline reported that Anonymous is in talks for Grandview/Automatic. But The Dish learns that Grandview will not be part of the deal and will remain a standalone agency.

Sources say the deal is expected to close early next year. The divorce from Grandview and Auto is said to be amicable. In fact, they just had a really nice Christmas party.

Anonymous, led by CEO Dawn Olmstead, has been in talks with the sister companies since last spring. Details will emerge after the holidays, and Anonymous Content, Automatic and Grandview declined to comment.

Grandview will continue as a separate entity. The firm has 20 managers working with more than 500 clients, including Joe Kosinski, Ryan Condal, Justin Simien, Dan Trachtenberg, Hiro Murai, Molly Smith Metzler, Olivia Cooke and Adam Wingard.

Anonymous content will strengthen its production to go along with a strong management company.

Automatic has directed more than 80 films and TV shows in the past eight years, including Oscar and Emmy-winning projects the country and Bad education to commercial franchises such as Treacherous and Creepy.

Anonymous Content’s client base includes Samuel L. Jackson, Emma Stone, Stanley Tucci, Julia Garner, Richard Madden, Joel Edgerton, John Hoffman, Bill Condon, Autumn de Wilde, Sally El Hosaini, John Hillcoat, Dave Kajganich, Nicholas Sparks and Marlon James, RJ Palacio, Elizabeth Gilbert, Emma Donoghue, and The New York Times. productions included The revenant and headlight as well as the following Enemy, with Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal. TV shows include Real detective, Mr. Robot and the coming bandits of time.