DAZN launches DAZN Studios | DAZN News Sweden
DAZN is investing further in its global original production strategy with the launch of the specialist content development department, DAZN Studios. The division will improve the company’s ability to create development deals, sell and license its original sports documentaries, series and films and explore new production opportunities.
DAZN Studios will be launched when the streaming service unveils its original original content for 2022, featuring a range of global sports icons including Ronaldo Nazario De Lima and Diego Maradona. As the sports world prepares for another exciting World Cup in Qatar 2022, DAZN’s overview brings together a collection of evocative stories from previous tournaments that captured attention and imagination around the world, as part of the ‘World Cup Stories’ series.
DAZN is currently working with some of the biggest names in sports and film through its brand DAZN Originals, including La Guerra Civil under the direction of Eva Longoria Bastón, which will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival 2022. In addition, DAZN Studios will try to work with the next generation of content creators to develop exciting new programming that reflects the future of storytelling in sports.
DAZN Chief Operating Officer Ed McCarthy said: “Sport has the power to inspire and connect people around the world, and suggestive storytelling can bring us closer to its beating heart. DAZN Studios will enable us to broaden our original program offerings with productions that not only drive a deeper engagement with the fans but create opportunities through licensing, distribution, advertising and commissions.
“We know that the way we tell stories never stops developing. We are already working with some of the biggest names and organizations in sports and film today, but as DAZN continues to grow, we also want to enable the next generation of filmmakers and invest in the sports talent’s future talent. ”
“We are incredibly happy to work with the next generation of creators and give them an environment to do what they do best; create engaging and innovative productions.” added DAZN’s EVP Global Commissioning & Original Content, Grant Best. “DAZN Studios will be a space where artists have the space to be creative and produce documentaries, series and films in the world of sports.”
The plan for 2022 is as follows:
The first feature film documentary in DAZN’s “World Cup Stories” series celebrating FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Green lions explores the inspiring untold story of Cameroon’s heroes at the 1990 World Cup. The film focuses on one of the biggest upheavals in World Cup history; when the African nation of Cameroon defeated the reigning world champions Argentina in the opening match of Italia ’90. More than 30 years after these captivating events, Green lions takes viewers into Cameroon’s training camp to tell the whole story from the perspective of those involved for the first time and how their success has affected the development of a nation and its players. Produced with Archer’s Mark and Dark Pictures, for DAZN – Green Lions is an intimate reflection of a team of amateurs who dared to dream, achieved the impossible and inspired a generation around the world.
Maradona: Fallet is an explosive look behind the scenes of one of the biggest controversies in world cup history. The long documentary explores the fall of football legend Diego Maradona from grace after a failed drug test during the 1994 World Cup, as told by the people inside. With exclusive interviews with FIFA President Sepp Blatter, Claudio Caniggia and Alan Rothenberg. Maradona: Fallet is directed by Angus MacQueen (Maradona in Mexico) and produced by Ronachan Films and will land on DAZN globally in the fall of 2022.
The long-awaited second production from DAZN’s development agreement with three projects with the Brazilian football icon Ronaldo – Ronnie documents the ultimate story of O Fenômeno. A film with intoxicating peaks and shaky valleys, the long documentary explores Ronaldo Nazario de Lima’s World Cup career; from the mystery surrounding the World Cup final in France ’98, followed by two debilitating knee injuries that forced the world’s best striker ever to spend far too much time on the sidelines. With exclusive interviews with football superstars Roberto Carlos, Paulo Maldini, Romário de Souza Faria and Zinedine Zidane, Ronnie is a Zoom Sport production with DAZN and will have its cinema premiere in 2022.