How to pitch a movie idea to Annapurna Pictures

What it has bought from outside

1. 2018

   Sorry to Bother You (Sundance) from Boots Riley and producers

   “Shortly after, Annapurna Pictures acquired distribution rights.” en.wikipedia.org

2. 2017

   Rights to Adam McKay's Vice, under a Plan B production deal from Plan B Entertainment

   “As part of the deal, Annapurna received the rights to Adam McKay 's film Vice starring Christian Bale as Dick Cheney.” en.wikipedia.org

3. Publishing independent games (Annapurna Interactive) from independent game developers

   “It focuses on publishing innovative and emotive indie games.” en.wikipedia.org

Other companies that take a movie idea

• Angel StudiosHas a submission portalAngel Studios takes projects only as a Torch, filmed work its Angel Guild streams to gauge interest.

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  NetflixOnly through an agentNetflix reads nothing it did not ask for.

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  Apple TV+Does not take outside ideasApple does not accept, review or consider ideas or creative material it did not request, and anything sent anyway becomes Apple’s property…

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  DreamWorks AnimationDoes not take outside ideasDreamWorks Animation falls under NBCUniversal’s terms, which will not review story or character ideas it did not ask for.

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  LucasfilmDoes not take outside ideasLucasfilm accepts no unsolicited product, artwork, story idea or other creative material, and returns what is sent.

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  ParamountDoes not take outside ideasParamount accepts no unsolicited scripts, story lines, characters or ideas, and deletes them unread.

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  PixarDoes not take outside ideasPixar takes no creative submission of any kind.

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  SkydanceDoes not take outside ideasSkydance accepts no unsolicited scripts, story lines, characters or ideas, and deletes them unread.

All of them, open doors first