Today, Prime Video greenlit four new sports documentaries, including a four-part documentary on NASCAR icon Dale Earnhardt Sr., a four-part series chronicling the history of the Madden video game franchise, an anthology series about the most epic Game 7s throughout sports history, and a true-crime documentary about ChiefsAholic, the notorious Kansas City Chiefs superfan and serial bank robber.
Prime Video also announced the renewal of the Emmy-nominated docu-follow series Coach Prime for a third season. For the upcoming season, Coach Prime will once again transport fans inside the locker room and onto the field of Deion “Coach Prime” Sanders’ University of Colorado Boulder (Cu Boulder) football program.
Coach Prime is executive produced by Smac Entertainment’s Constance Schwartz-Morini, Michael Strahan, FredAnthony Smith, and Jamie Elias. Micah Brown also serves as executive producer and showrunner. Coach Prime is produced by Smac Productions, a division of Smac Entertainment, for Prime Video Sports.
Prime Video also announced the renewal of the Emmy-nominated docu-follow series Coach Prime for a third season. For the upcoming season, Coach Prime will once again transport fans inside the locker room and onto the field of Deion “Coach Prime” Sanders’ University of Colorado Boulder (Cu Boulder) football program.
Coach Prime is executive produced by Smac Entertainment’s Constance Schwartz-Morini, Michael Strahan, FredAnthony Smith, and Jamie Elias. Micah Brown also serves as executive producer and showrunner. Coach Prime is produced by Smac Productions, a division of Smac Entertainment, for Prime Video Sports.
- 5/14/2024
- by Mirko Parlevliet
- Vital Thrills
Amazon is diving headfirst into the world of sports documentaries with four new projects on its streaming slate, including one on Dale Earnhardt Sr. and another about a Kansas City Chiefs super fan that will cross over int0 true crime as well.
The company announced all four projects during its Upfront presentation on Tuesday.
The documentaries are as follows:
A four-part documentary on NASCAR icon Dale Earnhardt Sr.; a four-part series chronicling the history of the Madden video game franchise; an anthology series about the most epic Game 7s throughout sports history; and a true-crime documentary about ChiefsAholic, the notorious Kansas City Chiefs superfan and serial bank robber.
More details about each are below.
Untitled Earnhardt Documentary
The history of the Earnhardt family is the history of NASCAR—you can’t tell the story of one without the other—and at the center of the Earnhardt family was Dale Earnhardt Sr.
The company announced all four projects during its Upfront presentation on Tuesday.
The documentaries are as follows:
A four-part documentary on NASCAR icon Dale Earnhardt Sr.; a four-part series chronicling the history of the Madden video game franchise; an anthology series about the most epic Game 7s throughout sports history; and a true-crime documentary about ChiefsAholic, the notorious Kansas City Chiefs superfan and serial bank robber.
More details about each are below.
Untitled Earnhardt Documentary
The history of the Earnhardt family is the history of NASCAR—you can’t tell the story of one without the other—and at the center of the Earnhardt family was Dale Earnhardt Sr.
- 5/14/2024
- by Katie Campione
- Deadline Film + TV
Adam Sandler paired up with Queen Latifah for the sports drama film Hustle, which earned Sandler his first Screen Actors Guild Award nomination. Sandler played Stanley Sugerman, an NBA scout, and Latifah, his wife Teresa Sugermen, in one of the perfect mixed couple castings in Hollywood. Director Jeremiah Zagar was more than happy with having Latifah on board, who joined the project after a call from Sandler, her close friend.
Adam Sandler as Stanley Sugerman in Hustle
In Hustle, Sandler’s character discovers a raw but talented basketball player in Spain and takes the challenging path to prepare him for the NBA draft. Latifah’s character provides him with the necessary emotional support to stick to his decision.
Adam Sandler And Queen Latifah Were The Perfect Mixed Couple In Hustle
Queen Latifah and Adam Sandler in Hustle
In an interview with Business Insider, Director Jeremiah Zagar opened up about his film Hustle,...
Adam Sandler as Stanley Sugerman in Hustle
In Hustle, Sandler’s character discovers a raw but talented basketball player in Spain and takes the challenging path to prepare him for the NBA draft. Latifah’s character provides him with the necessary emotional support to stick to his decision.
Adam Sandler And Queen Latifah Were The Perfect Mixed Couple In Hustle
Queen Latifah and Adam Sandler in Hustle
In an interview with Business Insider, Director Jeremiah Zagar opened up about his film Hustle,...
- 3/27/2024
- by Hashim Asraff
- FandomWire
Look who’s headed to the Philly suburbs.
Tom Pelphrey (Ozark) has joined the cast of Brad Ingelsby’s as-yet-untitled HBO drama set outside Philadelphia, TVLine has learned.
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He’ll play Robbie, whom the official character description calls “a sanitation worker and dreamer who has been knocked around by life, but has always gotten back up again.”
HBO announced in June that...
Tom Pelphrey (Ozark) has joined the cast of Brad Ingelsby’s as-yet-untitled HBO drama set outside Philadelphia, TVLine has learned.
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He’ll play Robbie, whom the official character description calls “a sanitation worker and dreamer who has been knocked around by life, but has always gotten back up again.”
HBO announced in June that...
- 12/11/2023
- by Kimberly Roots
- TVLine.com
Exclusive: Brad Ingelsby’s upcoming HBO crime drama series starring Mark Ruffalo has added to its exec producer and director ranks.
Salli Richardson-Whitfield has joined the project and will direct multiple episodes and exec produce. She joins Jeremiah Zaga, who will direct the pilot episode plus multiple episodes as well as exec produce.
It comes as Richardson-Whitfield becomes one of HBO’s go-to directors, having recently directed episodes of Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty and The Gilded Age.
The untitled drama is set in the working class suburbs outside of Philadelphia and follows an FBI agent who heads a Task Force to put an end to a string of drug-house robberies led by an unsuspecting family man.
Mare of Easttown creator Ingelsby is writing the limited series, which forms part of his overall deal with the network.
The series is produced in association with wiip. Ingelsby exec produces alongside Zagar,...
Salli Richardson-Whitfield has joined the project and will direct multiple episodes and exec produce. She joins Jeremiah Zaga, who will direct the pilot episode plus multiple episodes as well as exec produce.
It comes as Richardson-Whitfield becomes one of HBO’s go-to directors, having recently directed episodes of Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty and The Gilded Age.
The untitled drama is set in the working class suburbs outside of Philadelphia and follows an FBI agent who heads a Task Force to put an end to a string of drug-house robberies led by an unsuspecting family man.
Mare of Easttown creator Ingelsby is writing the limited series, which forms part of his overall deal with the network.
The series is produced in association with wiip. Ingelsby exec produces alongside Zagar,...
- 12/4/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
HBO has ordered a new untitled limited series written and executive produced by “Mare of Easttown” creator Brad Ingelsby in association with wiip.
The series, which stars Mark Ruffalo and is directed by Jeremiah Zagar (“We the Animals”), follows a task force of law enforcement officers and the criminals they are trying to apprehend.
“We are absolutely thrilled to once again join forces with Brad Ingelsby, the brilliant auteur behind ‘Mare of Easttown.’ Brad’s boundless creativity and unrivaled ability to captivate audiences is nothing short of inspiring, and we cannot be more excited to embark on another journey together,” Executive vice president of programming and HBO Drama Series and Films head Francesca Orsi said in a statement. “When the opportunity arose to partner with Mark on another series, we all jumped at the chance to witness him once again breathe great humanity into a new role. We are also honored to collaborate with Jeremiah,...
The series, which stars Mark Ruffalo and is directed by Jeremiah Zagar (“We the Animals”), follows a task force of law enforcement officers and the criminals they are trying to apprehend.
“We are absolutely thrilled to once again join forces with Brad Ingelsby, the brilliant auteur behind ‘Mare of Easttown.’ Brad’s boundless creativity and unrivaled ability to captivate audiences is nothing short of inspiring, and we cannot be more excited to embark on another journey together,” Executive vice president of programming and HBO Drama Series and Films head Francesca Orsi said in a statement. “When the opportunity arose to partner with Mark on another series, we all jumped at the chance to witness him once again breathe great humanity into a new role. We are also honored to collaborate with Jeremiah,...
- 6/8/2023
- by Lucas Manfredi
- The Wrap
HBO is getting back in business with Mare of Easttown creator Brad Ingelsby.
The premium cable outlet has ordered a limited series about a law enforcement task force and the criminals they’re trying to apprehend. Mark Ruffalo is set to star and will serve as an executive producer.
The series had been in the works well before the writers strike began, and casting decisions were made before then as well. No additional development has happened since the strike began in early May, and there’s no start date for production yet.
The untitled series marks a return to HBO for both Ruffalo and Ingelsby. The actor won an Emmy in 2020 for the limited series I Know This Much Is True and also starred in the outlet’s 2014 movie The Normal Heart (for which he also picked up an Emmy nomination). Ingelsby created and executive produced Mare of Easttown for HBO,...
The premium cable outlet has ordered a limited series about a law enforcement task force and the criminals they’re trying to apprehend. Mark Ruffalo is set to star and will serve as an executive producer.
The series had been in the works well before the writers strike began, and casting decisions were made before then as well. No additional development has happened since the strike began in early May, and there’s no start date for production yet.
The untitled series marks a return to HBO for both Ruffalo and Ingelsby. The actor won an Emmy in 2020 for the limited series I Know This Much Is True and also starred in the outlet’s 2014 movie The Normal Heart (for which he also picked up an Emmy nomination). Ingelsby created and executive produced Mare of Easttown for HBO,...
- 6/8/2023
- by Rick Porter
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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Taylour Paige, Raúl Castillo and Asia Kate Dillon will announce the film and TV nominees for the 2023 Independent Spirit Awards, The Hollywood Reporter can reveal exclusively.
Paige and Castillo will reveal the film nominees on Tuesday, Nov. 22 and Dillon will reveal the TV nominees on Tuesday, Dec. 13. Both sets of nominations will be announced on Film Independent’s YouTube channel, at 7 a.m. Pt.
Earlier this year, Paige won the Spirit award for best female lead for her performance in Zola. This year she also starred in Lena Dunham’s Sharp Stick and Mack and Rita opposite Diane Keaton. Paige recently wrapped Beverly Hills Cop opposite Eddie Murphy and Joseph Gordon Levitt.
Castillo has roles in a number of this year’s awards hopeful films, including Elegance Bratton’s The Inspection, Cooper Raiff’s Cha Cha Real Smooth and Jeremiah Zagar’s Hustle.
Taylour Paige, Raúl Castillo and Asia Kate Dillon will announce the film and TV nominees for the 2023 Independent Spirit Awards, The Hollywood Reporter can reveal exclusively.
Paige and Castillo will reveal the film nominees on Tuesday, Nov. 22 and Dillon will reveal the TV nominees on Tuesday, Dec. 13. Both sets of nominations will be announced on Film Independent’s YouTube channel, at 7 a.m. Pt.
Earlier this year, Paige won the Spirit award for best female lead for her performance in Zola. This year she also starred in Lena Dunham’s Sharp Stick and Mack and Rita opposite Diane Keaton. Paige recently wrapped Beverly Hills Cop opposite Eddie Murphy and Joseph Gordon Levitt.
Castillo has roles in a number of this year’s awards hopeful films, including Elegance Bratton’s The Inspection, Cooper Raiff’s Cha Cha Real Smooth and Jeremiah Zagar’s Hustle.
- 11/17/2022
- by Hilary Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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When filmmaker Jeremiah Zagar got called to the big leagues to direct Adam Sandler in Netflix’s Hustle, he drafted a key teammate from his last film to make the leap along with him.
Noëlle Gentile, a onetime public school theater teacher in Brooklyn and upstate New York, spent months working with athletes-turned-actors Juancho Hernangomez, Anthony Edwards, Kenny Smith, Boban Marjanovic and legend Julius “Dr. J” Erving to prove their skills on and off the court. The film centers Sandler as Stanley Sugarman, a down-on-his-luck basketball scout for the Philadelphia 76ers. After discovering a once-in-a-lifetime player with a rocky past (Hernangomez), Sugarman brings the phenom to the U.S. where, against the odds, they have one final shot to prove they have what it takes for the NBA.
Gentile got the shot after making her acting coach debut on his 2018 critically acclaimed indie,...
When filmmaker Jeremiah Zagar got called to the big leagues to direct Adam Sandler in Netflix’s Hustle, he drafted a key teammate from his last film to make the leap along with him.
Noëlle Gentile, a onetime public school theater teacher in Brooklyn and upstate New York, spent months working with athletes-turned-actors Juancho Hernangomez, Anthony Edwards, Kenny Smith, Boban Marjanovic and legend Julius “Dr. J” Erving to prove their skills on and off the court. The film centers Sandler as Stanley Sugarman, a down-on-his-luck basketball scout for the Philadelphia 76ers. After discovering a once-in-a-lifetime player with a rocky past (Hernangomez), Sugarman brings the phenom to the U.S. where, against the odds, they have one final shot to prove they have what it takes for the NBA.
Gentile got the shot after making her acting coach debut on his 2018 critically acclaimed indie,...
- 6/26/2022
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Filmmaker Jeremiah Zagar was not the obvious fit to direct an Adam Sandler passion project about a basketball scout. Zagar’s 2018 narrative feature debut “We the Animals” was a lyrical coming-of-age drama that combined elements of “Moonlight” and Terrence Malick to explore the experiences of a biracial child coming to terms with his sexuality. Needless to say, when Sandler called him about possibly directing “Hustle,” in which the actor plays a Philadelphia Sixers recruit attempting to reboot his career, Zagar didn’t get it.
“He’s a very understated guy when you first meet him,” Zagar told IndieWire of his initial call with Sandler. “He said I probably wouldn’t want to do this script, but that I should take a look. So I read it and I was like, ‘He’s right, it’s not for me.’”
With “We the Animals” and his documentary “In a Dream,” Zagar tried...
“He’s a very understated guy when you first meet him,” Zagar told IndieWire of his initial call with Sandler. “He said I probably wouldn’t want to do this script, but that I should take a look. So I read it and I was like, ‘He’s right, it’s not for me.’”
With “We the Animals” and his documentary “In a Dream,” Zagar tried...
- 6/8/2022
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
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