Netflix is taking a deep dive into the game of basketball, starting all the way from the beginning.
In collaboration with the International Olympic Committee, the streamer announced a new documentary series that will follow potential medal contenders and promising hopefuls in men’s basketball as teams from across the world compete in the Olympic Games Paris 2024 and qualifying events leading up to it.
The series will also explore how basketball became so globally competitive by looking through generations of legends who have played.
The docuseries, which is expected as six, 45-minute episodes, is still untitled. It is set to premiere in early 2025.
The team behind the Chicago Bulls documentary The Last Dance — Words & Pictures, Higher Ground Productions, and the Olympic Channel — is responsible for this upcoming series.
Jake Rogal is attached as showrunner. Executive producers are Connor Schell, Libby Geist (Oj: Made in America), Aaron Cohen and Jason Hehir...
In collaboration with the International Olympic Committee, the streamer announced a new documentary series that will follow potential medal contenders and promising hopefuls in men’s basketball as teams from across the world compete in the Olympic Games Paris 2024 and qualifying events leading up to it.
The series will also explore how basketball became so globally competitive by looking through generations of legends who have played.
The docuseries, which is expected as six, 45-minute episodes, is still untitled. It is set to premiere in early 2025.
The team behind the Chicago Bulls documentary The Last Dance — Words & Pictures, Higher Ground Productions, and the Olympic Channel — is responsible for this upcoming series.
Jake Rogal is attached as showrunner. Executive producers are Connor Schell, Libby Geist (Oj: Made in America), Aaron Cohen and Jason Hehir...
- 5/15/2024
- by Katie Campione
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix is adding to its sports docuseries lineup with three new shows centered on the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics as well as Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones.
In partnership with the International Olympic Committee, Netflix is doing docuseries on gymnastics great Simone Biles, the U.S. men’s basketball team, and Olympic track athletes, the last of which was ordered last year and is now titled “Sprint.”
The Biles series is titled “Simone Biles: Rising,” and will debut its first part in July ahead of the Summer Games. The series consists of four 45-minute episodes. The official description states:
“Simone Biles has unfinished business. At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, she was one of the biggest stories leading into the Games. But in sport, as in life, competitions do not always go as planned. And for Simone, the world had a front row seat as her private struggle with mental health exploded on...
In partnership with the International Olympic Committee, Netflix is doing docuseries on gymnastics great Simone Biles, the U.S. men’s basketball team, and Olympic track athletes, the last of which was ordered last year and is now titled “Sprint.”
The Biles series is titled “Simone Biles: Rising,” and will debut its first part in July ahead of the Summer Games. The series consists of four 45-minute episodes. The official description states:
“Simone Biles has unfinished business. At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, she was one of the biggest stories leading into the Games. But in sport, as in life, competitions do not always go as planned. And for Simone, the world had a front row seat as her private struggle with mental health exploded on...
- 5/15/2024
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix and the International Olympic Committee are partnering on three new sports series: Simone Biles: Rising, Olympic Men’s Basketball and Sprint.
Each show offers viewers unique access behind the scenes of the upcoming Olympic Games Paris 2024 and are set to premiere this summer and fall and early 2025.
Simone Biles: Rising follows Biles and her return to the Olympic stage after withdrawing from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics to focus on her mental health. Since then, she’s put in the work rebuilding her gymnastics from the ground up and she’s ready for this next stage of competition.
Part 1 will premiere in July ahead of the start of the Paris games. The four-episode series is produced by Religion of Sports in association with the Olympic Channel. Gotham Chopra, Ameeth Sankaran, Giselle Parets and Janey Miller executive produce. Kate Walsh will direct.
Olympic Men’s Basketball is a 6-episode series that...
Each show offers viewers unique access behind the scenes of the upcoming Olympic Games Paris 2024 and are set to premiere this summer and fall and early 2025.
Simone Biles: Rising follows Biles and her return to the Olympic stage after withdrawing from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics to focus on her mental health. Since then, she’s put in the work rebuilding her gymnastics from the ground up and she’s ready for this next stage of competition.
Part 1 will premiere in July ahead of the start of the Paris games. The four-episode series is produced by Religion of Sports in association with the Olympic Channel. Gotham Chopra, Ameeth Sankaran, Giselle Parets and Janey Miller executive produce. Kate Walsh will direct.
Olympic Men’s Basketball is a 6-episode series that...
- 5/15/2024
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix is getting into the Olympic spirit with its newest batch of sports documentaries.
The streamer has partnered with the International Olympic Committee on three series following gymnastics superstar Simone Biles and athletes in men’s basketball and track and field. Filmmaking teams for the three shows will gain access to the athletes and venues at the summer games in Paris.
Separately, Netflix has ordered a series about the Dallas Cowboys and owner Jerry Jones, with a focus on the team’s dominant years in the early and mid-1990s. The company made the announcements as part of its first-ever upfront on Wednesday — where it also announced its biggest push into live sports so far with a deal to carry NFL games on Christmas for the next three years.
Biles’ return for her third Olympics will be chronicled in Simone Biles: Rising, which will run in two parts. The first...
The streamer has partnered with the International Olympic Committee on three series following gymnastics superstar Simone Biles and athletes in men’s basketball and track and field. Filmmaking teams for the three shows will gain access to the athletes and venues at the summer games in Paris.
Separately, Netflix has ordered a series about the Dallas Cowboys and owner Jerry Jones, with a focus on the team’s dominant years in the early and mid-1990s. The company made the announcements as part of its first-ever upfront on Wednesday — where it also announced its biggest push into live sports so far with a deal to carry NFL games on Christmas for the next three years.
Biles’ return for her third Olympics will be chronicled in Simone Biles: Rising, which will run in two parts. The first...
- 5/15/2024
- by Rick Porter
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The first game of basketball was played in 1891 at a Ymca in Springfield, Massachusetts. Despite its humble beginnings, the game has grown to global proportions — in 2023, the NBA boasted a record 125 international players, with at least one on each team. Now a new doc series goes behind the scenes on the journey to the top of the Olympic podium, revealing what it takes to suit up and ball at the international level.
From the team behind The Last Dance, whichincludes executive producers Connor Schell, Libby Geist (Oj: Made in America), Aaron Cohen and Jason Hehir of Words & Pictures, Barack and Michelle Obama, and Vinnie Malhotra and Ethan Lewis of Higher Ground Productions, the untitled series will follow potential medal contenders and promising hopefuls in men’s basketball as teams from across the world compete in the Paris 2024 Olympics. Alongside exclusive behind-the-scenes access, the story of...
From the team behind The Last Dance, whichincludes executive producers Connor Schell, Libby Geist (Oj: Made in America), Aaron Cohen and Jason Hehir of Words & Pictures, Barack and Michelle Obama, and Vinnie Malhotra and Ethan Lewis of Higher Ground Productions, the untitled series will follow potential medal contenders and promising hopefuls in men’s basketball as teams from across the world compete in the Paris 2024 Olympics. Alongside exclusive behind-the-scenes access, the story of...
- 5/15/2024
- by Roxanne Fequiere
- Tudum - Netflix
Austin Abrams’ character Max Broussard in “Do Revenge” could not be more different from his role in “Euphoria” as Ethan Lewis. And for a little bit, Abrams went back and forth between shooting the new Netflix movie (now streaming) and Season 2 of Sam Levinson’s HBO drama.
“It was really fun to go from a very nice, gentle, thoughtful guy to [an] egomaniac,” he said in an interview with TheWrap about his “Do Revenge” character. “That is just really flashy, really craving attention.”
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Maya Hawke and Camila Mendes Pull a ‘Strangers on a Train’ in Netflix’s ‘Do Revenge’ Trailer (Video)
Abrams stars alongside Camila Mendes and Maya Hawke in the young adult movie, directed by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson. The film follows Drea Torres (Mendes), fallen ‘it’ girl, and Eleanor Levetan (Maya Hawke), new girl in school, as they pair up to take down each other’s enemies, hence the title “Do Revenge.
“It was really fun to go from a very nice, gentle, thoughtful guy to [an] egomaniac,” he said in an interview with TheWrap about his “Do Revenge” character. “That is just really flashy, really craving attention.”
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Maya Hawke and Camila Mendes Pull a ‘Strangers on a Train’ in Netflix’s ‘Do Revenge’ Trailer (Video)
Abrams stars alongside Camila Mendes and Maya Hawke in the young adult movie, directed by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson. The film follows Drea Torres (Mendes), fallen ‘it’ girl, and Eleanor Levetan (Maya Hawke), new girl in school, as they pair up to take down each other’s enemies, hence the title “Do Revenge.
- 9/16/2022
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
Constance Schwartz-Morini and Michael Strahan’s Smac Entertainment has hired NFL Media content exec and producer FredAnthony “Anthony” Smith as vice president and head of non-scripted development, Variety has learned exclusively.
An Emmy and NAACP Image Award-winning director and producer, Smith takes over for Ethan Lewis, who recently departed the talent management firm and business incubator to serve as unscripted chief for Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground. He will lead unscripted show development under the Smac Productions umbrella and be based in Los Angeles.
Smith’s appointment comes at a time of tremendous momentum for Smac, as the company is currently airing new episodes of “Coach Prime,” a documentary series focused on Deion “Coach Prime” Sanders and the Jackson State University Tigers football team. The series offers exposure for HBCUs via Sanders’ mission to level the playing field, and showcases the rich diversity, tradition and culture only experienced at an Hbcu.
An Emmy and NAACP Image Award-winning director and producer, Smith takes over for Ethan Lewis, who recently departed the talent management firm and business incubator to serve as unscripted chief for Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground. He will lead unscripted show development under the Smac Productions umbrella and be based in Los Angeles.
Smith’s appointment comes at a time of tremendous momentum for Smac, as the company is currently airing new episodes of “Coach Prime,” a documentary series focused on Deion “Coach Prime” Sanders and the Jackson State University Tigers football team. The series offers exposure for HBCUs via Sanders’ mission to level the playing field, and showcases the rich diversity, tradition and culture only experienced at an Hbcu.
- 3/4/2022
- by Jennifer Maas
- Variety Film + TV
Sunday night’s episode of “Euphoria,” in which Lexi’s school play sent shock waves through both the auditorium on screen and the series’ fan base at home, was filled with stunning moments and set pieces, but none was as shocking or gleefully entertaining as the musical number at the story’s climax. Set to the ‘80s pop staple “Holding Out for a Hero,” it’s a vigorously homoerotic extravaganza in which a fictionalized surrogate for the show’s deeply conflicted Nate romps among thrusting, grinding, and glistening men in skimpy attire.
Choreographer Ryan Heffington, who spoke to IndieWire following the episode’s premiere, remembered that the description of the scene in the original script was fairly brief. “There was a lot of massaging and body oil,” Heffington said with a laugh, adding that it was nevertheless “thrilling to read because it was clear that I’d finally get to...
Choreographer Ryan Heffington, who spoke to IndieWire following the episode’s premiere, remembered that the description of the scene in the original script was fairly brief. “There was a lot of massaging and body oil,” Heffington said with a laugh, adding that it was nevertheless “thrilling to read because it was clear that I’d finally get to...
- 2/23/2022
- by Jim Hemphill
- Indiewire
Michael Strahan and Constance Schwartz-Morini’s Smac Entertainment has hired April Guidone as its first Chief Operating Officer. The company also announced the promotion of four key execs across its business divisions – Ethan Lewis, Jose Diaz, Koral Chen and Nisha Bhagat.
Guidone brings more than 20 years of experience in global business development, marketing, branding, and operations to Smac. In her new role, she will oversee company operations and lead business incubation, with a special focus on the development of The Michael Strahan Brand and Wear by Erin Andrews. She reports directly to Schwartz-Morini, Smac co-founder and CEO.
Guidone comes to Smac after six years at Img Fashion, a division of Endeavor, where she served as SVP, Global Brand & Business Development. While at Endeavor, April grew New York Fashion Week into a highly profitable, global event. She previously held senior positions at Grey, Conde Nast and Martha Stewart Living.
“After a...
Guidone brings more than 20 years of experience in global business development, marketing, branding, and operations to Smac. In her new role, she will oversee company operations and lead business incubation, with a special focus on the development of The Michael Strahan Brand and Wear by Erin Andrews. She reports directly to Schwartz-Morini, Smac co-founder and CEO.
Guidone comes to Smac after six years at Img Fashion, a division of Endeavor, where she served as SVP, Global Brand & Business Development. While at Endeavor, April grew New York Fashion Week into a highly profitable, global event. She previously held senior positions at Grey, Conde Nast and Martha Stewart Living.
“After a...
- 10/28/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
The Bishop Sycamore high school football scandal is one of the stranger sports stories of recent years.
The presumed high school football team from Columbus got whooped 58-0 by Img Academy and the game was televised by ESPN. However, the game turned out to be just the beginning of the story.
HBO Sports has now landed a documentary telling the tale.
The network has picked up the TV and streaming rights to a feature doc from Michael Strahan and Constance Schwartz-Morini’s Smac Entertainment, Adam McKay’s Hyperobject Industries, Boat Rocker’s Matador Content, and The Athletic.
The film, which will debut in 2022, will ask how the Bishop Sycamore Centurions were even playing the elite NFL feeder team after it emerged that the school isn’t even in Ohio. The coach Roy Johnson was subsequently fired and Gov. Mike DeWine called for an investigation.
The producers have scored exclusive access to Johnson.
The presumed high school football team from Columbus got whooped 58-0 by Img Academy and the game was televised by ESPN. However, the game turned out to be just the beginning of the story.
HBO Sports has now landed a documentary telling the tale.
The network has picked up the TV and streaming rights to a feature doc from Michael Strahan and Constance Schwartz-Morini’s Smac Entertainment, Adam McKay’s Hyperobject Industries, Boat Rocker’s Matador Content, and The Athletic.
The film, which will debut in 2022, will ask how the Bishop Sycamore Centurions were even playing the elite NFL feeder team after it emerged that the school isn’t even in Ohio. The coach Roy Johnson was subsequently fired and Gov. Mike DeWine called for an investigation.
The producers have scored exclusive access to Johnson.
- 10/21/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Meet the St. Francis Academy Panthers, the best high school football team you’ve probably never heard of. They were so good that they were kicked out of their top-flight high school league. In the trailer for the HBO docuseries, “The Cost of Winning,” which spotlights the team, you can see that there’s much more to the story.
The Panthers won three consecutive Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association championships before being expelled from their league in 2018, which led to accusations of racial bias. In the trailer, it is noted that the other schools in the Miaa were predominantly white (St. Francis is known as one of the oldest African-American catholic schools in the country). That led the team to crafting its own schedule. Despite the setback, Panthers seniors ultimately received scholarship offers from some of the top collegiate programs in the country, including Lsu, Alabama and Clemson.
Watch the trailer above.
The Panthers won three consecutive Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association championships before being expelled from their league in 2018, which led to accusations of racial bias. In the trailer, it is noted that the other schools in the Miaa were predominantly white (St. Francis is known as one of the oldest African-American catholic schools in the country). That led the team to crafting its own schedule. Despite the setback, Panthers seniors ultimately received scholarship offers from some of the top collegiate programs in the country, including Lsu, Alabama and Clemson.
Watch the trailer above.
- 10/28/2020
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
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