Recently Likely Story produced “Our Idiot Brother", “Lay the Favorite” starring Bruce Willis, Rebecca Hall, and Catherine Zeta-Jones, directed by Stephen Frears and written by D.V. Likely Story is currently in post-production on “The Oranges,” which will make its world premiere at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival, and the Lawrence Kasdan-directed “Darling Companion,” which was recently
acquired by Sony Pictures Classics. In 2010, the company premiered Nicole Holofcener’s “Please Give” and Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman’s “The Extra Man” at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. “Please Give” was released in April 2010 by Sony Pictures Classics and “The Extra Man” will be released in July 2010 by Magnolia Pictures. The company recently signed a first look deal with graphic novel and comic book publisher Tom Shelf Productions. Additional Likely Story productions include Charlie Kaufman’s directorial debut “Synecdoche, New York” (Sony Pictures Classics), Alex Rivera’s "Sleep Dealer" (Maya Releasing), and David and Alex Pastor's "Carriers" (Paramount Vantage). Bregman’s previous producing credits include “Friends with Money,” “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” “Lovely & Amazing,” "Thumbsucker," “The Tao of Steve,” “The Savages,” “Trick,” “The Ice Storm,” “The Brothers McMullen," and "Human Nature." Anthony Bregman’s films include “Our Idiot Brother,” which premiered at Sundance 2011, as well as “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” “Friends With Money,” “Synecdoche, New York,” “Please Give,” “The Tao of Steve,” “Lovely & Amazing,” “Human Nature,” “The Extra Man,” “Thumbsucker,” “The Savages,” “The Ice Storm,” “The Brothers McMullen,” “Trick,” Mexican science fiction extravaganza “Sleep Dealer,” and punk rock monster movie “Love God,” the world’s first digital film. He is currently in post-production on three films: “The Oranges,” “Darling Companion,” and “Lay the Favorite.”
In the Fall of 2006, Bregman founded the New York City-based production company Likely Story, which he currently runs with Stefanie Azpiazu. Prior to Likely Story, Bregman was a partner at This is That for four years, and spent ten years as head of production at Good Machine, where he supervised the production and post-production of over thirty feature films, including “Sense and Sensibility,” “Eat Drink, Man Woman,” “Walking & Talking,” “What Happened Was…,” “The Wedding Banquet,” and “Safe.” Bregman teaches producing at Columbia University’s Graduate Film School, and is on the board of the IFP. Bregman’s movies have won numerous awards at the Oscars, Golden Globes, BAFTAs, Gothams, Indie Spirits, and Cannes, Berlin, and Sundance Film Festivals, among others. At the end of 2009, Roger Ebert named “Synecdoche, New York” the Best Film of the Decade.
