Wheelhouse Acquires Anomaly, Shark Week Producer
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- Wheelhouse acquired Anomaly Entertainment, a production company founded in 2017.
- Anomaly will continue creating series and formats across all areas under the acquisition, and its founders will work with Wheelhouse’s sports and investment divisions.
- Brent Montgomery, Wheelhouse CEO, praised the cultural fit and the addition of new capabilities to the Wheelhouse ecosystem.
- Anomaly is known for producing 40 Shark Week shows over nine years for Discovery, including titles such as “Shaq Does Shark Week” and “Jackass Shark ”.
- Anomaly is currently producing the “KPop Shark Heroes” series starring Ken Jeong and Rei Ami.
- Anomaly has supplied content to Warner Bros. Discovery channels (Discovery Network, TLC, ID, HGTV, Food Network) and also produced shows for Netflix, HBO Max, ESPN+, and NFL Films.
- Matthew Kelly and Michael Sorensen previously served as vice presidents of production and development at Discovery, working on shows like “Gold Rush” and “Amish Mafia”.
Why it matters: The deal gives Wheelhouse a proven creator of high‑profile sports and entertainment formats, bolstering its content pipeline and opening new platform opportunities, while Anomaly gains a strategic partner to scale its productions, tap Wheelhouse’s investment resources, and integrate its Shark Week expertise and athlete‑creator collaborations, strengthening Wheelhouse’s sports division.
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