HBO and The Ringer's Bill Simmons' six-part series will task six filmmakers with exploring pivotal moments or stretches in an artist's career, iconic albums or larger looks at the music industry
HBO and The Ringer's Bill Simmons are teaming for a series of documentaries about the music world, taking a similar approach to what Simmons did with sports docs in ESPN'sThe six-part series will task six filmmakers with exploring pivotal moments or stretches in an artist's career, iconic albums or larger looks at the music industry.
"It’s been a dream of mine to put this project together,” Simmons said Wednesday in a statement. "It wasn’t until I started working with Jody and Marc that the potential of it started to seem real. We see an opportunity to elevate the storytelling form with music docs much likechanged the landscape for sports documentaries at the end of last decade. We don’t want to make music docs that just cover the beginning, middle and end of someone’s career.
"We’ve had a longtime collaboration with Bill, and we are thrilled that he came to HBO with this idea,” said HBO Programming president Casey Bloys. "We look forward to working with him and the team at The Ringer to illuminate many of the fascinating artists and moments that have shaped the music industry."
Added Gerson, chairman and CEO of Universal Music Publishing Group: "This series is about storytelling for musicians in a way that has never really been done before. There are countless great artists and songwriters who have culturally defining stories and, for the first time, we can share those intimately with fans around the world.
The as-yet untitled HBO project is expected to air in 2021. No directors or subjects have been named.
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