Watching the first full minute of the Netflix docuseries NASCAR: Full Speed is long enough to realize that the way we see NASCAR on TV has changed forever. The scene is pre-race at Virginia’s Martinsville Speedway, and families are wishing their drivers well as they prep for the second-to-last race of the 2023 Cup Series season. Gianna Tulio kisses Ryan Blaney, now her fiancé, and encourages him to go out on the racetrack and be the best version of himself. “Be Ryan f- - -ing Blaney,” she says. NASCAR has long presented a squeaky-clean product to the world, letting its horsepower and rivalries do most of the talking while experiencing a period of flat or lowered ratings and some attendance issues. But with Full Speed, NASCAR execs have loosened the grip on the brand’s steering wheel, allowing drivers to show themselves for who they are — humorous, competitive, tough-talking, vulnerable...
- 4/7/2024
- TV Insider
Euro Gang Entertainment, the company launched last year by Hollywood veterans Gianni Nunnari and Simon Horsman (“Legacy: The True Story of the L.A. Lakers”) is ramping up operations in Italy through a partnership with Rome-based Alfred Film, the young shingle co-founded by experienced producers Roberto Amoroso and Maria Theresia Braun.
The Euro Gang deal with Alfred currently comprises three feature films and an English-language TV series that will shoot in Italy and elsewhere, according to a statement.
Founded in 2020, Alfred Film – which is named in homage to Alfred Hitchcock – is focused on commercially-driven quality projects such as their mainstream comedy “Tre di Troppo,” directed by and starring Italian comedy draw Fabio De Luigi, which grossed €4.7 million ($5 million) at the local box office and is the third highest-grossing Italian film of 2023.
Amoroso is a former creative director at Sky Italia, where during a long stint at the pay-tv platform he was...
The Euro Gang deal with Alfred currently comprises three feature films and an English-language TV series that will shoot in Italy and elsewhere, according to a statement.
Founded in 2020, Alfred Film – which is named in homage to Alfred Hitchcock – is focused on commercially-driven quality projects such as their mainstream comedy “Tre di Troppo,” directed by and starring Italian comedy draw Fabio De Luigi, which grossed €4.7 million ($5 million) at the local box office and is the third highest-grossing Italian film of 2023.
Amoroso is a former creative director at Sky Italia, where during a long stint at the pay-tv platform he was...
- 4/5/2024
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
A Netflix docuseries featuring the youngest No.1 player in tennis history Carlos Alcaraz will premiere in 2025.
Netflix began filming Alcaraz during The Netflix Slam, where Carlos, 20, defeated the legendary Rafael Nadal in an exciting match. Cameras will follow Carlos both on and off the court during his 2024 tennis season, bringing fans closer than ever to one of the most exciting athletes in the world.
“People are going to get to know everything you don’t see on a tennis court,” Carlos shares of the exciting new project from Morena Films. “I think it’s something very different.”
Keep reading to find out more…
Netflix has a few other sports documentary series under their belt including the Morena Films soccer docuseries La Liga, which premieres in summer 2024, as well as and other hits like Formula 1: Drive to Survive, Full Swing, NASCAR: Full Speed, Quarterback, Tour de France: Unchained, Under Pressure: The U.
Netflix began filming Alcaraz during The Netflix Slam, where Carlos, 20, defeated the legendary Rafael Nadal in an exciting match. Cameras will follow Carlos both on and off the court during his 2024 tennis season, bringing fans closer than ever to one of the most exciting athletes in the world.
“People are going to get to know everything you don’t see on a tennis court,” Carlos shares of the exciting new project from Morena Films. “I think it’s something very different.”
Keep reading to find out more…
Netflix has a few other sports documentary series under their belt including the Morena Films soccer docuseries La Liga, which premieres in summer 2024, as well as and other hits like Formula 1: Drive to Survive, Full Swing, NASCAR: Full Speed, Quarterback, Tour de France: Unchained, Under Pressure: The U.
- 3/14/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Exclusive: 101 Studios has brought in Matt Summers, an Emmy-winning entertainment and sports executive, with decades of experience in film, television, sports and entertainment marketing, to serve as SVP of Sports, Deadline has learned.
Summers joins after nearly a decade at NASCAR, where he served as Managing Director and head of the L.A.-based entertainment division, overseeing scripted and unscripted original content as well as all entertainment integrations. In his new role, he will oversee and build a portfolio full of sports content, distribution and experiences across 101 Studios’ platforms. Based out of the company’s Beverly Hills office, Summers will focus on securing distribution partners, create an ambitious slate of original and ancillary IP, and collaborate internally on brand partnerships and events, reporting directly to COO David Hutkin.
“We are thrilled to have Matt join our ever-growing team,” said Hutkin in a statement to Deadline. “At 101 we look to...
Summers joins after nearly a decade at NASCAR, where he served as Managing Director and head of the L.A.-based entertainment division, overseeing scripted and unscripted original content as well as all entertainment integrations. In his new role, he will oversee and build a portfolio full of sports content, distribution and experiences across 101 Studios’ platforms. Based out of the company’s Beverly Hills office, Summers will focus on securing distribution partners, create an ambitious slate of original and ancillary IP, and collaborate internally on brand partnerships and events, reporting directly to COO David Hutkin.
“We are thrilled to have Matt join our ever-growing team,” said Hutkin in a statement to Deadline. “At 101 we look to...
- 3/13/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
For decades, NASCAR has offered a squeaky-clean motorsports product, letting its horsepower and rivalries do most of the talking. Recently, ratings and attendance have flattened or dropped. But expect that to change thanks to NASCAR: Full Speed, a docu-series in the mold of Netflix’s popular Formula 1: Drive to Survive. These five episodes show drivers for who they are—humorous, tough-talking, vulnerable humans willing to knock their fellows out of the way if it means winning. The series focuses on the elite stars during the Cup Series’ final 10-week stretch, with cameras spending more time showing contenders off the track than on. It has gotten people talking—including word of a potential Season 2. “You have to change with the times,” says Ryan Blaney, whose capture of the championship ends the finale. “I think NASCAR has gotten into their heads that we have to continue to evolve.” One thing that...
- 3/9/2024
- TV Insider
Paris and Los Angeles-based sales agency has boarded films by Nicolas Benamou, Artus and Christophe Duthuron
Paris and Los Angeles-based Other Angle Pictures has boarded three French comedy dramas: Nicolas Benamou’s We Should Have Gone to Greece, Artus’ A Little Something Extra and Christophe Duthuron’s Happiness Therapy.
The company will launch sales for all three films at this week’s Unifrance’s Rendez-Vous in Paris in the French capital.
We Should Have Gone to Greece is the latest feature from Benamou, known for co-directing local and international hit comedies Babysitting and Babysitting 2 with Philippe Lacheau, 2020’s Mystery in St. Tropez,...
Paris and Los Angeles-based Other Angle Pictures has boarded three French comedy dramas: Nicolas Benamou’s We Should Have Gone to Greece, Artus’ A Little Something Extra and Christophe Duthuron’s Happiness Therapy.
The company will launch sales for all three films at this week’s Unifrance’s Rendez-Vous in Paris in the French capital.
We Should Have Gone to Greece is the latest feature from Benamou, known for co-directing local and international hit comedies Babysitting and Babysitting 2 with Philippe Lacheau, 2020’s Mystery in St. Tropez,...
- 1/16/2024
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
Kid Ink debuted an ominous video for his latest single, “Tomahawk.” The track appears on the Los Angeles rapper’s seven-track December Ep Missed Calls.
The nighttime-set video opens with gaudy images of his white car as the rapper slowly gets into the driver’s seat. Kid Ink smokes, raps, and drives down a dark road for the rest of the hazy visual.
Kid Ink’s Missed Calls followed his 2017 Ep 7 Series and features appearances from Lil Wayne, Saweetie, Valee, Rich the Kid and more. His latest music follows an...
The nighttime-set video opens with gaudy images of his white car as the rapper slowly gets into the driver’s seat. Kid Ink smokes, raps, and drives down a dark road for the rest of the hazy visual.
Kid Ink’s Missed Calls followed his 2017 Ep 7 Series and features appearances from Lil Wayne, Saweetie, Valee, Rich the Kid and more. His latest music follows an...
- 1/8/2019
- by Brittany Spanos
- Rollingstone.com
Exclusive: Deal signed following French premiere at Deauville.
Other Angle has acquired world rights to Zoe Cassavetes’ second feature Day Out of Days, following a 40-something, former movie star whose acting career has hit the buffers.
The Paris-based sales company signed the film following its French premiere at the Deauville American Film Festival last week.
French actress Alexia Landeau, who appeared alongside Julie Delpy in 2 Days In Paris and its sequel 2 Days In New York, stars with support from Eddie Izzard, Melanie Griffith and Alessandro Nivola.
Day Out of Days premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival in June.
“It’s got a great little cast,” said Other Angle co-chief Olivier Albou who will commence sales on the film in Toronto this week.
Full Speed
Another key addition to the Other Angle slate is Full Speed (A Fond), the latest film from Nicolas Benamou, director of the hit French found-footage comedy Babysitting, which drew more...
Other Angle has acquired world rights to Zoe Cassavetes’ second feature Day Out of Days, following a 40-something, former movie star whose acting career has hit the buffers.
The Paris-based sales company signed the film following its French premiere at the Deauville American Film Festival last week.
French actress Alexia Landeau, who appeared alongside Julie Delpy in 2 Days In Paris and its sequel 2 Days In New York, stars with support from Eddie Izzard, Melanie Griffith and Alessandro Nivola.
Day Out of Days premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival in June.
“It’s got a great little cast,” said Other Angle co-chief Olivier Albou who will commence sales on the film in Toronto this week.
Full Speed
Another key addition to the Other Angle slate is Full Speed (A Fond), the latest film from Nicolas Benamou, director of the hit French found-footage comedy Babysitting, which drew more...
- 9/10/2015
- ScreenDaily
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