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    Morgan Spurlock’s Warrior Poets Connects With Authentic Brands Group

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    NEW YORK --

    Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, a Best Feature Documentary Oscar nominee in 2005 for Super Size Me, has entered his multiplatform production company, Warrior Poets, into a strategic partnership with Authentic Brands Group, LLC (ABG), owner of a global portfolio of fashion, sports and entertainment brands.

    Per the agreement, Warrior Poets can tap into ABG’s globally recognized brands for the development of new scripted and unscripted projects for distribution across multiple platforms including film, television, and digital.

    Warrior Poets has produced a number of notable documentary films, television and digital series. Documentaries include One Direction: This Is Us, POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, Comic-Con: Episode IV – A Fan’s Hope, Mansome, Where in the World is Osama bin Laden? and Freakonomics. Among Warrior Poets’ TV projects are the FX series 30 Days, Showtime’s Seven Deadly Sins and CNN’s Morgan Spurlock Inside Man which has been greenlit for a fourth season. Digital projects include Yahoo’s Losing It with John Stamos, AOL’s Connected and Smartish, the upcoming channel in collaboration with Maker Studios.

    ABG owns, manages, and builds the long-term value of fashion, sports, and entertainment brands including Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, Muhammad Ali, Juicy Couture, Jones New York, Judith Leiber, Frederick’s of Hollywood, Hickey Freeman, Prince, Spyder, Tapout, and Tretorn.

    “Warrior Poets provides a vehicle for our brands to reach a wider audience and deliver new experiences across a multitude of channels,” said Nick Woodhouse, president and CMO, ABG. “We are excited to partner with Spurlock and team to further expand ABG’s growing content pipeline, which serves to keep our iconic entertainment properties, fashion, and sports brands firmly top-of-mind around the world.”

    “It is a producer’s dream to partner with Authentic Brands Group to develop and produce new projects based on their hugely impressive portfolio,” said Morgan Spurlock, President and Founder, Warrior Poets. “This partnership allows us unprecedented access to these resources and we are already in the works on several exciting new projects.”

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    Producers Douglas Wick and Lucy Fisher To Receive Harold Lloyd Award From The Advanced Imaging Society

    Saturday, December 21, 2024

    Producers Douglas Wick and Lucy Fisher will be presented with the 2025 Harold Lloyd Award in recognition of their producing achievement in creating Gladiator II at The Advanced Imaging Society’s (AIS) 15th annual Lumiere Awards luncheon, which takes place Friday, February 7, 2025, at the Beverly Hills Hotel.

    Empowering their storytelling with groundbreaking technology and skill, Wick and Fisher have thrilled audiences and driven the film industry forward for three decades. Their steadfast dedication to the highest standards of cinematic excellence have resulted in epic films, including Memoirs of a Geisha, The Great Gatsby, the Stuart Little franchise, the Divergent Series and both Gladiator films. The first Gladiator earned Wick an Academy Award® for Best Picture. In light of their consistent and distinguished contributions over the years, as exemplified by this year’s Gladiator II, the Advanced Imaging Society wished to recognize the team with this year’s esteemed Harold Lloyd Award.

    “Doug Wick and Lucy Fisher of Red Wagon Entertainment have revolutionized modern filmmaking with their bold storytelling and ability to elevate large-scale productions to epic levels,” remarked Jim Chabin, AIS president. “Their work has not only captivated audiences but also redefined filmmaking standards, leaving an indelible mark on the art of cinema. At AIS. we deeply admire their visionary contributions and enduring influence on the film industry.”

    Suzanne Lloyd, granddaughter of the late, great Harold Lloyd, remarked, “Doug’s artistic vision and Lucy’s dynamic leadership have brought authenticity, beauty and profound emotion to some of our favorite epic films. Together, they are a... Read More

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