MRC

MRC is an independent American film and television studio that finances, develops and produces feature films, premium scripted series, documentaries and docuseries. Historically known as Media Rights Capital, the company is built around partnerships with creative talent and third-party financing for projects developed outside the traditional major-studio model.

Founded by Modi Wiczyk and Asif Satchu, MRC has worked across film and television through its MRC Film and MRC Television divisions. Its slate spans theatrical releases, streaming series and premium television, with work that includes House of Cards, Ozark, The Great, Poker Face, The Terminal List, Knives Out, Saltburn, American Fiction, Baby Driver, the Ted films and Babel.

Film and television production

MRC's services encompass:

• Original content development and packaging
• Feature-film and television production
• Physical production and post-production management
• Slate financing, project equity and co-financing
• International distribution and territory-licensing partnerships
• Studio co-productions and creative partnerships

The studio's early projects included Alejandro González Iñárritu's Babel and Sacha Baron Cohen's Brüno. In television, MRC packaged and financed House of Cards, which was sold directly to Netflix as the platform's first major original scripted series. Its subsequent programming has included streaming and premium-platform series for Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, Peacock, Apple TV+, HBO and Starz.

Independent studio history

MRC merged with Eldridge Industries media properties in 2018 to form Valence Media, with the group operating under the MRC brand from 2020. In August 2022, the parties separated their media assets: Dick Clark Productions and data businesses returned to Eldridge, while the core scripted film and television studio resumed an independent operating structure. MRC remains active as a privately held studio focused on scripted film and television.