The Gotham Group

About The Gotham Group: The Gotham Group is a multi-faceted management and production company, representing some of the most creative minds in Hollywood and the leading hub for books and IP in the industry. Founded in 1993, The Gotham Group is the only major rep firm in the entertainment industry owned solely by a female. The Gotham Group produced the film Stargirl, based on the best-selling novel by Jerry Spinelli, with America's Got Talent champ Grace VanderWaal making her debut as the eponymous lead, Stargirl Caraway which has just launched on Disney+. Gotham is currently in production on Wendell & Wild at Netflix in collaboration with Jordan Peele and acclaimed director Henry Selick, starring the voice talent of Key & Peele and Lyric Ross (This Is Us), and just wrapped Sorta Like a Rock Star, based on the novel by Matthew Quick (Silver Linings Playbook), and starring Moana's Auli'I Cravalho for Netflix. The Gotham Group produced The Maze Runner franchise as well as the Netflix 2018 film Kodachrome with Jason Sudeikis, Elisabeth Olsen and Ed Harris, which premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. On the television side, Gotham recently signed a distribution deal with Fox 21. It is in post-production on the pilot Masters of Doom, based on award-winning journalist David Kushner's novel, at USA and is developing Washington Black, based on Esi Edugyan's acclaimed novel with Selwyn Hinds adapting, Anthony Hemingway directing, and Sterling K. Brown producing, at Hulu, which sold in a bidding war last year. www.gotham-group.com About 1st Avenue Machine: 1stAveMachine is a multi-faceted production company and storytelling outfit creating content for film, TV digital, brands, VR and AR. 1stAveMachine recently set up two pilots at TruTV: DON'T BE AN IDIOM, which went to presentation, and MENTAL FLOSS PRESENTS; it produced for Facebook and author James Patterson the first ever interactive series told via Facebook Messenger, and released its first VR narrative short film, BATTLESCAR, which premiered at Sundance in January 2019, and then played at festivals all over the world. It is currently producing the film ATTACK AT COMIC CON which is set up at Universal Studios. Past projects include a partnership with Google and YouTube to produce YouTube's first ever anthology channel named FIELD DAY featuring the platform's top creative minds; a sci-fi feature PROSTHESIS; an unscripted show, THINGAMABOB, which aired for one season on the History Channel; and an independently financed feature film, FINDING SOFIA, which was released domestically by Gunpowder & Sky and is currently streaming on Hulu. 1stAveMachine is currently developing projects with Google, Bazelevs, Facebook, RYOT, Boardwalk Pictures, The Fader, Hasbro, FoxNext, Aardman Animation, Vice, Snapchat, TruTV, and The Gotham Group, among others. Since its formation, 1stAve has won numerous commercial awards including Grand Prix, Gold, Silver, and Bronze Cannes Lions, multiple AICP awards, Webby, One Show, ANDY awards, and an MTV Video Music Award for OKGo's "The Writing on the Wall. 1stAve's work has been featured across the globe and most recently during the Super Bowl. http://www.1stavemachine.com/