The highly anticipated second season of the acclaimed documentary series “Make or Break,” featuring behind-the-scenes access to the world’s best surfers as they battle for the top title at the World Surf League Championship Tour, is set to premiere with four episodes on Friday, February 17. An additional four episodes debut on Friday, February 24.
With unprecedented access, “Make or Break” returns to the world of professional surfing, offering an intimate deep dive into the aspirations, challenges, accomplishments and personal lives of the surfers who compete to remain on the elite Men’s and Women’s World Surf League Championship Tour. This season will take viewers on location for the 2022 competition season to stunning surf locations across the globe, capturing the highs and lows of the “Dream Tour,” including the first-ever mid-season cut, international rivalries and record-breaking upsets.
Each episode in the eight-part season of the series spotlights internationally recognized surfers...
With unprecedented access, “Make or Break” returns to the world of professional surfing, offering an intimate deep dive into the aspirations, challenges, accomplishments and personal lives of the surfers who compete to remain on the elite Men’s and Women’s World Surf League Championship Tour. This season will take viewers on location for the 2022 competition season to stunning surf locations across the globe, capturing the highs and lows of the “Dream Tour,” including the first-ever mid-season cut, international rivalries and record-breaking upsets.
Each episode in the eight-part season of the series spotlights internationally recognized surfers...
- 1/26/2023
- by TV Shows Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid - TV
Apple TV+ has set a Friday, February 17, 2023 premiere date for season two of Make or Break. The surfing documentary series also dropped a new trailer ahead of its second season release.
Season two will consist of eight episodes, with the first four episodes arriving on Feb. 17th. The final four episodes will launch on the streaming service on Friday, February 24th.
Make or Break season two will include interviews with surfers Kelly Slater, Tatiana Weston-Webb, Stephanie Gilmore, Owen Wright, Tyler Wright, Jack Robinson, and Morgan Cibilic. Gabriel Medina, Filipe Toledo, Kanoa Igarashi, Griffin Colapinto, Italo Ferreira, Matthew McGillivray, Johanne Defay, John John Florence, and Brisa Hennessy are also featured in the upcoming season.
Academy Award and BAFTA Award winner James Gay-Rees (Exit Through the Gift Shop), BAFTA Award nominee Paul Martin, Warren Smith, and World Surf League CEO Erik Logan serve as executive producers. The series comes from Box to...
Season two will consist of eight episodes, with the first four episodes arriving on Feb. 17th. The final four episodes will launch on the streaming service on Friday, February 24th.
Make or Break season two will include interviews with surfers Kelly Slater, Tatiana Weston-Webb, Stephanie Gilmore, Owen Wright, Tyler Wright, Jack Robinson, and Morgan Cibilic. Gabriel Medina, Filipe Toledo, Kanoa Igarashi, Griffin Colapinto, Italo Ferreira, Matthew McGillivray, Johanne Defay, John John Florence, and Brisa Hennessy are also featured in the upcoming season.
Academy Award and BAFTA Award winner James Gay-Rees (Exit Through the Gift Shop), BAFTA Award nominee Paul Martin, Warren Smith, and World Surf League CEO Erik Logan serve as executive producers. The series comes from Box to...
- 1/25/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
The sports agency Excel Sports Management, representing talent, brands and properties, has hired Ryan Holcomb as its first-ever Head of Content.
Holcomb will be LA-based as he join the agency’s media division, Excel Media, which has recently put out docuseries highlighting the careers of two Excel clients, Joe Montana (Peacock’s Cool Under Pressure) and Derek Jeter (ESPN’s The Captain). His brief at the company will be to drive the creation and development of original content and programming for Excel and its clients.
“Ryan brings a wealth of knowledge in the content space and an understanding of how to shape an idea to make it interesting to both platforms and viewers,” said Excel Sports Management’s Founder and President, Jeff Schwartz. “We are seeing exponential growth in the opportunities for athletes to connect with fans and the world beyond their sport through compelling stories and shared interests. With...
Holcomb will be LA-based as he join the agency’s media division, Excel Media, which has recently put out docuseries highlighting the careers of two Excel clients, Joe Montana (Peacock’s Cool Under Pressure) and Derek Jeter (ESPN’s The Captain). His brief at the company will be to drive the creation and development of original content and programming for Excel and its clients.
“Ryan brings a wealth of knowledge in the content space and an understanding of how to shape an idea to make it interesting to both platforms and viewers,” said Excel Sports Management’s Founder and President, Jeff Schwartz. “We are seeing exponential growth in the opportunities for athletes to connect with fans and the world beyond their sport through compelling stories and shared interests. With...
- 7/28/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
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Excel Sports Management has a new head of content: Ryan Holcomb.
The sports agency that reps talent, brands and properties has tapped Holcomb to join its media division, Excel Media, to spearhead development of original content and programming for the firm and its clients. He’ll be based in Los Angeles.
Holcomb segues to the newly-created post from the World Surf League where he served as executive vp of Wsl Studios. During his tenure, he led Wsl’s content division developing programming, concepts and running branded content. His credits there included ABC’s The Ultimate Surfer, and developing and setting up a seven-part series about the Wsl’s Championship Tour at Apple TV+, in partnership with Box to Box Productions. Holcomb is an executive producer of that series, Make or Break, which is currently available on the streamer with a second season on the horizon.
Excel Sports Management has a new head of content: Ryan Holcomb.
The sports agency that reps talent, brands and properties has tapped Holcomb to join its media division, Excel Media, to spearhead development of original content and programming for the firm and its clients. He’ll be based in Los Angeles.
Holcomb segues to the newly-created post from the World Surf League where he served as executive vp of Wsl Studios. During his tenure, he led Wsl’s content division developing programming, concepts and running branded content. His credits there included ABC’s The Ultimate Surfer, and developing and setting up a seven-part series about the Wsl’s Championship Tour at Apple TV+, in partnership with Box to Box Productions. Holcomb is an executive producer of that series, Make or Break, which is currently available on the streamer with a second season on the horizon.
- 7/28/2022
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
With great waves comes grave danger. Oahu, Hawaii isn't just known for hula dancing, fresh pineapple and palm trees—it's also known for its top tier surfing. And in exclusive first look at Apple TV+'s upcoming docuseries, Make or Break, 11–time World Surf League World Champion surfer Kelly Slater discusses his first-time surfing at one of the island's most legendary spots: Pipeline. Pipeline is located in Oahu's North Shore and is famous for its notoriously intense waves and great surfing conditions. But Slater warns, it's not for the faint of heart. "Pipeline was so mythical to me as a kid," Slater says in the clip. "There was a...
- 4/27/2022
- E! Online
Right on the heels of the news that Elon Musk is nearing a deal to buy Twitter, a television documentary about the polarizing businessman has been announced to premiere this May.
Titled “Elon Musk’s Crash Course,” the upcoming film is the latest in FX and The New York Times’ collaborative documentary series “The New York Times Presents,” which provides in depth looks at prominent people and events, ranging from Janet Jackson to Juul to the 2020 Australian bushfire disasters. The series is best known for its two in-depth films about Britney Spears, “Framing Britney Spears” and “Controlling Britney Spears,” which helped contribute to the eventual end of the singer’s conservatorship.
Directed by Emma Schwartz, “Elon Musk’s Crash Course” is an exposé into Musk’s company Tesla, and its work on self-driving cars. Featuring the reporting from Cade Metz and Neal Boudette of The New York Times, the film...
Titled “Elon Musk’s Crash Course,” the upcoming film is the latest in FX and The New York Times’ collaborative documentary series “The New York Times Presents,” which provides in depth looks at prominent people and events, ranging from Janet Jackson to Juul to the 2020 Australian bushfire disasters. The series is best known for its two in-depth films about Britney Spears, “Framing Britney Spears” and “Controlling Britney Spears,” which helped contribute to the eventual end of the singer’s conservatorship.
Directed by Emma Schwartz, “Elon Musk’s Crash Course” is an exposé into Musk’s company Tesla, and its work on self-driving cars. Featuring the reporting from Cade Metz and Neal Boudette of The New York Times, the film...
- 4/25/2022
- by Carson Burton, Wilson Chapman and Sasha Urban
- Variety Film + TV
Apple is looking to keep riding the wave.
The streamer has renewed its surfing docuseries Make or Break for a second season – ahead of the premiere of its first season.
The series, which launches on April 29, follows World Surf League elite champions, Kelly Slater, Stephanie Gilmore, Gabriel Medina, Tyler Wright, Italo Ferreira, and Tatiana Weston-Webb as they battle for the championship.
The seven-part series also explores the aspirations, challenges, accomplishments, and personal lives of the surfers who compete to remain on the elite 2021 Men’s and Women’s Wsl Championship Tour.
The first season follows the 2021 competition, navigating as the league responds to the global pandemic, while exploring the surfing culture along with issues including diversity, mental health, and the physical impact of the sport.
Production has already started on the current competition season for season two.
It is produced by Box To Box Films with Amy producer James Gay-Rees,...
The streamer has renewed its surfing docuseries Make or Break for a second season – ahead of the premiere of its first season.
The series, which launches on April 29, follows World Surf League elite champions, Kelly Slater, Stephanie Gilmore, Gabriel Medina, Tyler Wright, Italo Ferreira, and Tatiana Weston-Webb as they battle for the championship.
The seven-part series also explores the aspirations, challenges, accomplishments, and personal lives of the surfers who compete to remain on the elite 2021 Men’s and Women’s Wsl Championship Tour.
The first season follows the 2021 competition, navigating as the league responds to the global pandemic, while exploring the surfing culture along with issues including diversity, mental health, and the physical impact of the sport.
Production has already started on the current competition season for season two.
It is produced by Box To Box Films with Amy producer James Gay-Rees,...
- 4/6/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Global SVOD Amazon Prime Video has signed up for a second season of Spanish-language psychological thriller “La Jauria.” The show is the streamer’s first local Original series from Chile, produced by Fremantle and Fabula, run by writer-director Pablo Larraín (“Jacky”) and brother Juan de Díos Larraín (“Gloria Bell”).
Starring breakout superstar Daniela Vega (“A Fantasic Woman”), “La Jauria” is showrun by award-winning filmmaker Lucia Puenzo (“Xxy”).
“For Fabula it is important to tell our stories from Chile to the rest of the world. A second season of ‘La Jauria’ is also a recognition of the talent of our actors and actresses, our technicians, writers, directors and all the professionals involved in the process,” said Angela Poblete, regional head of TV at Fabula.
Set at a private Catholic school in Santiago de Chile, “La Jauría” follows the case of a Catholic school student who stages a protest and becomes the...
Starring breakout superstar Daniela Vega (“A Fantasic Woman”), “La Jauria” is showrun by award-winning filmmaker Lucia Puenzo (“Xxy”).
“For Fabula it is important to tell our stories from Chile to the rest of the world. A second season of ‘La Jauria’ is also a recognition of the talent of our actors and actresses, our technicians, writers, directors and all the professionals involved in the process,” said Angela Poblete, regional head of TV at Fabula.
Set at a private Catholic school in Santiago de Chile, “La Jauría” follows the case of a Catholic school student who stages a protest and becomes the...
- 7/23/2020
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
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