Isle of Man TT feature film and docuseries announced
Rennie Scaysbrook | May 28, 2024
Channing Tatum’s Free Association, Brad Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment, Entertainment 360, Jason Keller and Box To Box Films have announced that they are teaming up with Mediawan, one of the leading independent European studios, to create a docuseries about the Isle of Man TT Races that is expected to air in 2025 as well as a feature film.
Channing Tatum (right) with Isle of Man TT legend Michael Rutter (left) during the 2023 Isle of Man TT.
Production on the docuseries entitled The Greatest Race On Earth has now commenced and Box To Box Films, the multi-award-winning team behind the hugely successful Formula One series, Drive To Survive, will produce the series alongside Channing Tatum’s Free Association and Brad Pitt’s Plan B, responsible for such films as 12 Years a Slave, Selma and Moonlight.
For the TT, it means joining a list of successful leading sports docuseries including Full Swing (PGA), Break Point (ATP & WTA), Tour De France: Unchained, and Six Nations: Full Contact – all made by Box To Box Films for Netflix.
“It’s a great privilege to be working with these partners on this extremely unique project,” said James Gay-Rees, co-founder of Box To Box Films and producer on feature films such as Senna and Diego Maradona. “The Isle of Man TT is one of the most visceral, exhilarating and unusual events in the motorsport diary. We can’t wait to bring this incredible world to new audiences.”
There’s more to come too, as 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.
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