Netflix is adding to its sports docuseries lineup with three new shows centered on the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics as well as Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones.
In partnership with the International Olympic Committee, Netflix is doing docuseries on gymnastics great Simone Biles, the U.S. men’s basketball team, and Olympic track athletes, the last of which was ordered last year and is now titled “Sprint.”
The Biles series is titled “Simone Biles: Rising,” and will debut its first part in July ahead of the Summer Games. The series consists of four 45-minute episodes. The official description states:
“Simone Biles has unfinished business. At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, she was one of the biggest stories leading into the Games. But in sport, as in life, competitions do not always go as planned. And for Simone, the world had a front row seat as her private struggle with mental health exploded on...
In partnership with the International Olympic Committee, Netflix is doing docuseries on gymnastics great Simone Biles, the U.S. men’s basketball team, and Olympic track athletes, the last of which was ordered last year and is now titled “Sprint.”
The Biles series is titled “Simone Biles: Rising,” and will debut its first part in July ahead of the Summer Games. The series consists of four 45-minute episodes. The official description states:
“Simone Biles has unfinished business. At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, she was one of the biggest stories leading into the Games. But in sport, as in life, competitions do not always go as planned. And for Simone, the world had a front row seat as her private struggle with mental health exploded on...
- 5/15/2024
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix is getting into the Olympic spirit with its newest batch of sports documentaries.
The streamer has partnered with the International Olympic Committee on three series following gymnastics superstar Simone Biles and athletes in men’s basketball and track and field. Filmmaking teams for the three shows will gain access to the athletes and venues at the summer games in Paris.
Separately, Netflix has ordered a series about the Dallas Cowboys and owner Jerry Jones, with a focus on the team’s dominant years in the early and mid-1990s. The company made the announcements as part of its first-ever upfront on Wednesday — where it also announced its biggest push into live sports so far with a deal to carry NFL games on Christmas for the next three years.
Biles’ return for her third Olympics will be chronicled in Simone Biles: Rising, which will run in two parts. The first...
The streamer has partnered with the International Olympic Committee on three series following gymnastics superstar Simone Biles and athletes in men’s basketball and track and field. Filmmaking teams for the three shows will gain access to the athletes and venues at the summer games in Paris.
Separately, Netflix has ordered a series about the Dallas Cowboys and owner Jerry Jones, with a focus on the team’s dominant years in the early and mid-1990s. The company made the announcements as part of its first-ever upfront on Wednesday — where it also announced its biggest push into live sports so far with a deal to carry NFL games on Christmas for the next three years.
Biles’ return for her third Olympics will be chronicled in Simone Biles: Rising, which will run in two parts. The first...
- 5/15/2024
- by Rick Porter
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
For several years, Forbes has ranked the Dallas Cowboys as not only the most valuable team in the NFL, but the most valuable sports team in the world. In 2023, the Cowboys were worth $9 billion and rising — the result of decades of exceptional athletic talent, coaching, and management that took shape during the ’90s, when the once-struggling team transformed into three-time Super Bowl champions.
The upcoming documentary series by the Emmy-winning directors of Wild Wild Country and Untold will tell the story of how “America’s Team” established a legacy. It features interviews with the architects of the Cowboys’ success, including the owner, president, and general manager, Jerry Jones, who purchased the team in 1989. Among the doc’s other commentators are players who became household names in the ’90s — Troy Aikman, Michael Irvin, Emmitt Smith, Deion Sanders — as well as head coaches Jimmy Johnson and Barry Switzer,...
The upcoming documentary series by the Emmy-winning directors of Wild Wild Country and Untold will tell the story of how “America’s Team” established a legacy. It features interviews with the architects of the Cowboys’ success, including the owner, president, and general manager, Jerry Jones, who purchased the team in 1989. Among the doc’s other commentators are players who became household names in the ’90s — Troy Aikman, Michael Irvin, Emmitt Smith, Deion Sanders — as well as head coaches Jimmy Johnson and Barry Switzer,...
- 5/15/2024
- by Roxanne Fequiere
- Tudum - Netflix
Skydance Sports, NFL Films and the Jerry Jones family are collaborating on what they call a “defining” docuseries about the Dallas Cowboys and the arc of Jones as the owner and builder of the franchise over 30-plus years.
As president and general manager, Jones is credited with engineering a massive turnaround that led to three Super Bowl titles in the 1990s. While the Lombardi Trophy has remained out of reach during the past quarter-century-plus, Jones and his family have shepherded the rise of the Cowboys to the status of the most valuable franchise in professional sports.
Using never-before-seen footage from the NFL Films archive, the as-yet-untitled series will trace Jones’ rise from the son of an Arkansas community store owner to the top of the pro sports heap. Interviews will feature ex-Cowboys players Troy Aikman, Michael Irvin, Emmitt Smith and Deion Sanders; former head coaches Jimmy Johnson and Barry Switzer...
As president and general manager, Jones is credited with engineering a massive turnaround that led to three Super Bowl titles in the 1990s. While the Lombardi Trophy has remained out of reach during the past quarter-century-plus, Jones and his family have shepherded the rise of the Cowboys to the status of the most valuable franchise in professional sports.
Using never-before-seen footage from the NFL Films archive, the as-yet-untitled series will trace Jones’ rise from the son of an Arkansas community store owner to the top of the pro sports heap. Interviews will feature ex-Cowboys players Troy Aikman, Michael Irvin, Emmitt Smith and Deion Sanders; former head coaches Jimmy Johnson and Barry Switzer...
- 5/3/2023
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
A docuseries about Jerry Jones and the Dallas Cowboys franchise is in the works from Skydance Sports and NFL Films.
Featuring some of NFL Films’ archived never-before-seen content, the series will chronicle the Cowboys owner, president, and general manger’s rise from the son of an Arkansas community store owner to becoming one of the most renowned leaders in sports. Additionally, the documentary will highlight several of the household names who partnered with Jones along the way, including Troy Aikman, Michael Irvin, Emmitt Smith, Deion Sanders, Head Coaches Jimmy Johnson and Barry Switzer, Rupert Murdoch, and Phil Knight.
When Jones first purchased the organization in 1989, the team was coming off a 13-loss season and was losing in excess of $1 million a month. He’s credited with transforming the franchise and leading a historic set of players and coaches to three NFL titles in the 1990s which ultimately cemented his name...
Featuring some of NFL Films’ archived never-before-seen content, the series will chronicle the Cowboys owner, president, and general manger’s rise from the son of an Arkansas community store owner to becoming one of the most renowned leaders in sports. Additionally, the documentary will highlight several of the household names who partnered with Jones along the way, including Troy Aikman, Michael Irvin, Emmitt Smith, Deion Sanders, Head Coaches Jimmy Johnson and Barry Switzer, Rupert Murdoch, and Phil Knight.
When Jones first purchased the organization in 1989, the team was coming off a 13-loss season and was losing in excess of $1 million a month. He’s credited with transforming the franchise and leading a historic set of players and coaches to three NFL titles in the 1990s which ultimately cemented his name...
- 5/3/2023
- by BreAnna Bell
- Variety Film + TV
A docuseries centered on the Dallas Cowboys and owner, president and general manager Jerry Jones is in development from Skydance Sports, NFL Films and the Jerry Jones family.
The untitled series will reach deep into NFL Films’ vast archive of never-before-seen content and will trace Jones’ remarkable rise from the son of an Arkansas community store owner to being one of the most innovative and influential leaders in sports.
It will also spotlight the stars and partners who teamed with Jones along the way, including Troy Aikman, Michael Irvin, Emmitt Smith, Deion Sanders, Head Coaches Jimmy Johnson and Barry Switzer, Rupert Murdoch, and Phil Knight.
When Jones risked everything to purchase the club in 1989, the team was coming off a 13-loss season and was losing in excess of $1 million a month. Less than a decade later, the Cowboys won three NFL titles.
“Sharing my father’s journey and his passion for the game,...
The untitled series will reach deep into NFL Films’ vast archive of never-before-seen content and will trace Jones’ remarkable rise from the son of an Arkansas community store owner to being one of the most innovative and influential leaders in sports.
It will also spotlight the stars and partners who teamed with Jones along the way, including Troy Aikman, Michael Irvin, Emmitt Smith, Deion Sanders, Head Coaches Jimmy Johnson and Barry Switzer, Rupert Murdoch, and Phil Knight.
When Jones risked everything to purchase the club in 1989, the team was coming off a 13-loss season and was losing in excess of $1 million a month. Less than a decade later, the Cowboys won three NFL titles.
“Sharing my father’s journey and his passion for the game,...
- 5/3/2023
- by Lucas Manfredi
- The Wrap
Hall of Fame coach Barry Switzer is letting the world know he's been Cheated by father time, saying the Huge money that the football coaches are making now should've been his ... and he's got Proof. Switzer was on Capitol Hill wheelin' and dealin' with the Washington types (on behalf of search and rescue dogs) when we asked him about the insane salaries some NFL players are making. That's not what Barry wanted to talk about,...
- 3/17/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
[[tmz:video id="0_l724rj0h"]] Barry Switzer tells TMZ Sports teams would be foolish to pass on "1st round talent" like Joe Mixon -- and compares the situation to Randy Moss. The Oklahoma legend (and hardcore Trump fan) is out in D.C. for the inauguration due to his relationship with the guy for the past 20 years. But when we brought up Oklahoma running back Joe Mixon -- who was seen on video brutalizing a female student in 2014 -- Switzer passionately defended him.
- 1/19/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
[[tmz:video id="0_6oa7ikol"]] Before Jerry Jones made up his mind on the Dallas Cowboys Qb situation, he spoke with one of his most trusted football experts ... Barry Switzer. The legendary Cowboys head coach says he offered up his opinion to Jerry -- and was pretty strong about if Dak Prescott should stay under center when Tony Romo was cleared to play. Switzer was super candid about his conversation with Jj when he spoke with TMZ Sports -- and...
- 11/18/2016
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
[[tmz:video id="0_s0odhcws"]] The Dallas Cowboys could be the next Cinderella team in the NFL thanks to Dak Prescott ... so says Barry Switzer. The ex-Cowboys coach was in D.C. Wednesday where he raved about Jerry Jones -- and then gave a pretty optimistic outlook on the season to Dallas fans. No pressure, Dak ... Read more...
- 9/14/2016
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
March is about to get mad.
Beginning tonight, sports fans (and a lot of non-sports fans) will spend most waking hours pouring over brackets and RPIs, trying to figure out who will be the next Davidson or Lehigh, and watching more TruTV over 3 weeks than they will rest of the year combined.
Espn is smartly capitalizing on the momentum of March Madness by debuting its latest 30 for 30 documentary on Sunday at 9 p.m. Est, following its annual Bracketology special. For the uninitiated, the 30 for 30 docs series began in late 2009. Its mission: shine a light on incredible, real-life sports stories that might not have received the coverage they deserved (or have faded with time for whatever reason). Requiem for the Big East—Sunday’s special—is the 60th feature-length 30 for 30 documentary. It promises to be a lovely, bittersweet ode to a brand of college basketball lost to realignment and the changing...
Beginning tonight, sports fans (and a lot of non-sports fans) will spend most waking hours pouring over brackets and RPIs, trying to figure out who will be the next Davidson or Lehigh, and watching more TruTV over 3 weeks than they will rest of the year combined.
Espn is smartly capitalizing on the momentum of March Madness by debuting its latest 30 for 30 documentary on Sunday at 9 p.m. Est, following its annual Bracketology special. For the uninitiated, the 30 for 30 docs series began in late 2009. Its mission: shine a light on incredible, real-life sports stories that might not have received the coverage they deserved (or have faded with time for whatever reason). Requiem for the Big East—Sunday’s special—is the 60th feature-length 30 for 30 documentary. It promises to be a lovely, bittersweet ode to a brand of college basketball lost to realignment and the changing...
- 3/16/2014
- by John Gilpatrick
- SoundOnSight
Exclusive: High net worth individuals have become the life blood of Hollywood, and one to watch is Black Label Media’s Molly Smith. She’s the daughter of Federal Express’s Fred Smith, who backs Alcon. She also was a producer of The Blind Side, before launching the financing/producing shingle. Molly Smith hosted and backed the CAA party at the recent Sundance Film Festival, as well as an exclusive dinner to honor Julie Huntsinger and the Telluride Film Festival held in Park City. Smith has an emerging slate that includes (with Alcon) the Reese Witherspoon pic The Good Lie, Dallas Buyers Club helmer Jean Marc Valle’s next pic Demolition, the Denis Villeneuve-directed Sicario, and the Barry Switzer pic Bootlegger’s Boy. She runs Black Label with Trent and Thad Luckinbill. Black Label Media is also building its brand another way, by empowering new writer voices. The label...
- 2/5/2014
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
You've got your chili and beer bread or your chicken wings and refreshing beverages ready to go for Super Bowl Xlviii, now you just need to know what time the festivities kick off. Zap2it is here to help.
Update: Terry Bradshaw will not be a part of Fox's Super Bowl coverage Sunday because his father just passed away.
The 2014 Super Bowl pre-game show starts at 2 p.m. Et and runs through the afternoon, with the official kickoff time scheduled for 6:25 p.m. Et on Fox.
Here's a rundown of the full schedule for Super Bowl Sunday (Feb. 2), all times Eastern:
2:00-2:30 p.m.:
Weather Games: When MetLife Stadium was named the location for Super Bowl Xlviii, no one knew whether it will be 45 degrees with light winds or 10 degrees and snowing on Super Bowl Sunday. While cold temperatures and winter conditions could play a role in this year's contest,...
Update: Terry Bradshaw will not be a part of Fox's Super Bowl coverage Sunday because his father just passed away.
The 2014 Super Bowl pre-game show starts at 2 p.m. Et and runs through the afternoon, with the official kickoff time scheduled for 6:25 p.m. Et on Fox.
Here's a rundown of the full schedule for Super Bowl Sunday (Feb. 2), all times Eastern:
2:00-2:30 p.m.:
Weather Games: When MetLife Stadium was named the location for Super Bowl Xlviii, no one knew whether it will be 45 degrees with light winds or 10 degrees and snowing on Super Bowl Sunday. While cold temperatures and winter conditions could play a role in this year's contest,...
- 2/2/2014
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
The Cleveland Browns have never reached the Super Bowl, but they’ll pop up on television this Sunday during the commercial teaser for Draft Day, the Kevin Costner movie that hopes to be football’s version of Moneyball. The sports-movie icon plays Sonny Weaver Jr., the embattled general manager of the mediocre Browns, who have an opportunity to trade up for the No. 1 pick.
Jennifer Garner plays the team’s salary-cap guru — and Sonny’s girlfriend — Denis Leary is a coach somewhat modeled after Barry Switzer, and Frank Langella is the team’s spotlight-hungry owner. Ivan Reitman directed the movie...
Jennifer Garner plays the team’s salary-cap guru — and Sonny’s girlfriend — Denis Leary is a coach somewhat modeled after Barry Switzer, and Frank Langella is the team’s spotlight-hungry owner. Ivan Reitman directed the movie...
- 1/30/2014
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside Movies
Tim Tebow's brother got himself a DUI in Denver ... back when Tim was Mr. Everything to the Broncos -- but the charge was miraculously dropped to just speeding. Celeb justice?Plus, Manny Pacquiao just blew away Jay Z's 99 problems -- 'cause he's got 18 Million of 'em with the IRS! How the hell does someone as successful as Manny fall so far into debt?? And ... Kobe Bryant's Christmas card reveals his Lakers pride -- and something else very interesting.
- 12/10/2013
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
By Zachary Swickey
Few musicians of today have reached the revered, iconic status of the Flaming Lips’ frontman Wayne Coyne – the zany, free-spirited entity who somehow slipped his way into the mainstream pop culture strata. His group has only one genuine hit to their name, yet they’re one of the most popular “underground” bands to ever exist. (Although, being on Warner Bros Records, they were never truly “underground” – more like out of place).
It’s rather surprising that the band hasn’t curated a music festival of their own considering the wealth of critical acclaim – and well, love – they receive from fellow musicians, which helps explains how they recruited so many friends for their new album. When I saw Coldplay perform in Coyne’s hometown of Oklahoma City back in ’03, Chris Martin donned a Lips shirt and they performed a cover of the Lips’ “Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots,...
Few musicians of today have reached the revered, iconic status of the Flaming Lips’ frontman Wayne Coyne – the zany, free-spirited entity who somehow slipped his way into the mainstream pop culture strata. His group has only one genuine hit to their name, yet they’re one of the most popular “underground” bands to ever exist. (Although, being on Warner Bros Records, they were never truly “underground” – more like out of place).
It’s rather surprising that the band hasn’t curated a music festival of their own considering the wealth of critical acclaim – and well, love – they receive from fellow musicians, which helps explains how they recruited so many friends for their new album. When I saw Coldplay perform in Coyne’s hometown of Oklahoma City back in ’03, Chris Martin donned a Lips shirt and they performed a cover of the Lips’ “Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots,...
- 4/25/2012
- by MTV News
- MTV Newsroom
Belle Pictures and Alcon Entertainment are developing an adaptation of football coach Barry Switzer’s memoir "The Bootlegger’s Boy".
Switzer spent years coaching at Oklahoma University and the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys and has one of the highest winning percentages of any college football coach in history.
Patrick Massett and John Zinmann ("Lara Croft: Tomb Raider", "Friday Night Lights") are in negotiations to pen the adaptation. Molly Smith ("P.S. I Love You," "The Blind Side") along with Thad and Trent Luckinbill are producing.
Switzer spent years coaching at Oklahoma University and the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys and has one of the highest winning percentages of any college football coach in history.
Patrick Massett and John Zinmann ("Lara Croft: Tomb Raider", "Friday Night Lights") are in negotiations to pen the adaptation. Molly Smith ("P.S. I Love You," "The Blind Side") along with Thad and Trent Luckinbill are producing.
- 3/9/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
"The Blind Side" producer Molly Smith has formed a new production company, Belle Pictures, and has secured a four-year first-look deal to produce movies and TV properties in association with Alcon Entertainment, Alcon said Thursday. Allison Rayne is the new VP of development at Belle Pictures. Jon Schumacher is creative executive and Emma Branch is production executive. The company is developing a slate of projects, beginning with "The Bootlegger's Boy," based on football coach Barry Switzer's memoir. Switzer coached the University of Oklahoma and the Dallas Cowboys. Patrick Massett and John Zinmann ("Lara...
- 3/9/2012
- by Joshua L. Weinstein
- The Wrap
Producer Molly Smith ( P.S. I Love You , The Blind Side ) has formed Belle Pictures, a production banner to develop and produce theatrical motion pictures and television properties in association with Warner Bros.-based Alcon Entertainment in a new four-year discretionary first-look deal, it was announced today by Smith and Alcon Co-Founders and Co-CEOs Andrkew Kosove and Broderick Johnson. Belle Pictures is actively developing a slate of projects, the first being an adaptation of The Bootlegger's Boy , legendary football coach Barry Switzer's memoir, which looks at his life and years coaching at Oklahoma University and the NFL's Dallas Cowboys. Patrick Massett and John Zinmann ( Lara Croft: Tomb Raider , Friday Night Lights ) are in negotiations to pen the adaptation. Smith...
- 3/8/2012
- Comingsoon.net
We're headed towards unknown waters, sports fans; for the first time ever (?) the country will possibly be staring at its two highest profile professional sports leagues (I don't count Nascar until they start loading .50-cal machine guns on the hood) locked out. Trying to disseminate what is bullpucky and what is financial reality has little bearing on us, the consumer. However, there's been an exceptional amount of progress on the NFL front; by the end of Friday, we may have the
framework in place for an agreement. The incentive is now even greater for the NFL to beat the NBA by getting back to business, even if that means skipping most of the preseason to usher out-of-shape behemoths onto the field in an asthmatic overture of pulled groin muscles and strained hamstrings. Knock on wood, let's get this one done boys.
The hope, and perhaps the real financial bottom line,...
framework in place for an agreement. The incentive is now even greater for the NFL to beat the NBA by getting back to business, even if that means skipping most of the preseason to usher out-of-shape behemoths onto the field in an asthmatic overture of pulled groin muscles and strained hamstrings. Knock on wood, let's get this one done boys.
The hope, and perhaps the real financial bottom line,...
- 7/7/2011
- by Dustin Rowles
Marcus Dupree was pegged to win three Heismans before he got chewed up in the college system. How did the high-school sensation make peace with life after football? Buzz Bissinger reports.
Marcus Dupree watched the Super Bowl last Sunday in the place where he grew up, the town of Philadelphia, Mississippi. If there was anyone in the history of football who I thought would be glued to the television, playing the athlete's lament of could-have-should-have, it would have been him.
Related story on The Daily Beast: The Gop's Race Backslide
Because it should have been him. But it wasn't. Because of the college meat grinder that mangles so many players. Because of too much attention for a simple homespun kid whose world revolved around his mother and grandmother and younger brother Reggie, born with cerebral palsy. Because of the pressure of becoming, at 17, the black and white hope who would...
Marcus Dupree watched the Super Bowl last Sunday in the place where he grew up, the town of Philadelphia, Mississippi. If there was anyone in the history of football who I thought would be glued to the television, playing the athlete's lament of could-have-should-have, it would have been him.
Related story on The Daily Beast: The Gop's Race Backslide
Because it should have been him. But it wasn't. Because of the college meat grinder that mangles so many players. Because of too much attention for a simple homespun kid whose world revolved around his mother and grandmother and younger brother Reggie, born with cerebral palsy. Because of the pressure of becoming, at 17, the black and white hope who would...
- 2/11/2011
- by Buzz Bissinger
- The Daily Beast
Rip Jimmy Johnson. One of our favorite, albeit short-lived, Survivor contestants was given the boot by his insecure tribemates on last night's episode of Survivor: Nicaragua.
How does this affect the Espada tribe? Will Jimmy T step into the leadership role or will Marty's plan to be the de facto leader be implemented? And what the heck was up with NaOnka last night?
Our Round Table writers have convened to discuss these pressing questions and more. They're also looking forward to debating the answers with our readers as well.
Espada voted off Jimmy Johnson. Smart move?
Kakdaddy: Not if we're talking about my enjoyment of this season. I suppose I see the rationale where Jimmy is certainly not a physical threat and going up against the younger tribe they need all the strength they can get. I just didn't see him as the big bad threat that Marty and...
How does this affect the Espada tribe? Will Jimmy T step into the leadership role or will Marty's plan to be the de facto leader be implemented? And what the heck was up with NaOnka last night?
Our Round Table writers have convened to discuss these pressing questions and more. They're also looking forward to debating the answers with our readers as well.
Espada voted off Jimmy Johnson. Smart move?
Kakdaddy: Not if we're talking about my enjoyment of this season. I suppose I see the rationale where Jimmy is certainly not a physical threat and going up against the younger tribe they need all the strength they can get. I just didn't see him as the big bad threat that Marty and...
- 9/30/2010
- by tiaradio@hotmail.com (Mr. Probst)
- TVfanatic
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