Box to Box has teamed with Channing Tatum’s Free Association, Brad Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment, Jason Keller and Entertainment 360’s Guymon Casady on a docuseries and feature film centred on the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy (TT) motorcycle races.
Mediawan, majority stakeholder of Plan B, will be the studio of the docuseries and handle international sales.
Production on the docuseries entitled The Greatest Race On Earth has started this week and will centre on the Isle of Man TT races held in June of this year. Box To Box Films will produce along with Plan B, Free Association, Entertainment 360, and Jason Keller.
To follow the docuseries, the group is currently developing a screenplay for a major feature film package to take to market later this year. Producers for the film include Free Association, Plan B, Entertainment 360’s Guymon Casady, Jason Keller and with Box to Box executive producing.
“We dare anyone to find more awe-inspiring people, or a more breathtakingly vibrant world than The Isle of Man TT. We’ve always been drawn to characters who push the edge of what’s possible, and this race is their Shangri-La. We’re deeply honored to be part of the creative dream team telling the story of this legendary event, and can’t wait to finally share this mythical sport we love with audiences all across the globe,” said Free Association principles Channing Tatum, Reid Carolin, and Peter Kiernan.
Said Plan B, “We are honoured to have the opportunity to share the story of the exceptional people involved in this singular event and to introduce The Isle of Man TT in a way that brings audiences directly into the action. We are supremely grateful to Mediawan and all of our partners for their belief and support.”
James Gay-Rees, co-Founder of Box To Box Films and producer on feature films including Senna, Diego Maradona and Academy Award-winning Amy, said, “It’s a great privilege to be working with these partners on this extremely unique project. The Isle of Man TT is one of the most visceral, exhilarating and unusual races in the motorsport diary. We can’t wait to bring this incredible world to new audiences.”
Pierre-Antoine Capton, CEO and co-founder of Mediawan added “It’s extremely exciting to be part of this project about the incredible adventure of the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy (TT), the most incredible and craziest race on earth. Alongside such talented partners as Plan B, Box to Box and Free Association, we are thrilled to help bring to life this amazing series. It is fully in line with our strategy to offer compelling shows that will captivate audiences all across the globe. We are confident that such an iconic competition and its’ behind the scenes will do so.”
Tatum, Carolin and Free Association are repped by CAA, Hansen Jacobson and Relevant. Plan B is repped by CAA and Brecheen Feldman Breimer Silver & Thompson. Box To Box Films is repped by CAA. Keller is repped by Entertainment 360.
The Greatest Race on Earth, the docuseries, is to be distributed worldwide by MEDIAWAN Rights with the participation of ENTOURAGE VENTURES.
Jon Creamer
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