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EXCLUSIVE: Good Deed Entertainment has acquired Grandmasters, a documentary from award-winning filmmaker Liza Mandelup that uncovers drama roiling the world of top-tier chess. Grandmasters premiered as a documentary series at Tribeca Festival in June but will launch in theaters as a nonfiction…

EXCLUSIVE: Grammy-winning musician and actor Jon Batiste is inviting audiences on a spectacular journey through natural wonders of a part of the country he knows very well, "the vast network of wetlands spanning Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and the Carolinas." MacGillivray Freeman Films…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix is exploring the world of maternity wards in its latest docuseries. The streamer has greenlit Born in the USA (w/t) from Million Dollar Secret producer Wheelhouse. The series has been birthed over the last few years as producers secured access to a busy ward. Born in the…

Cameras are going behind the scenes on the lives of Peter Crouch and Abby Clancy. Prime Video has greenlit access doc series The Crouches, which will follow former footballer-turned- broadcaster Crouch and his wife, model and content creator Clancy, over a year. The show, which is the…

Prime Video is on the starting grid with a docu-series about Formula 1 driver Lando Norris. Lando (working title) is being billed as a “a never-before-seen look at the current F1 World Champion: a man who is not only defending his crown but also giving unprecedented access to a more personal…

EXCLUSIVE: Magnolia Pictures will be releasing a brand new 4K restoration of Michael Gramaglia and Jim Field’s 2003 documentary, End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones later this year. In addition, this year marks the 50th anniversary of the punk band’s first album. Also on Aug. 30, a…

EXCLUSIVE: Award-winning filmmaker Ramona S. Diaz has launched her next project – a feature documentary based on an extraordinary 2017 article in The Atlantic magazine titled "My Family's Slave." The magazine piece, a personal essay by Pulitzer Prize-winning Filipino American writer Alex Tizon…

EXCLUSIVE: Hulu is continuing to ramp up its true-crime docuseries lineup. The streamer is exploring the murder of Florida attorney and law professor Dan Markel in a four-part series. Welcome To The Family: The Murder of Dan Markel reveals the "dark secrets of a wealthy family centered…

UPDATED with latest: With the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences setting its dates for the 2027 and 2028 Oscars (the latter the ceremony’s 100th anniversary), the rest of the awards docket for those two years is falling into place. After the Oscars announcement, SAG-AFTRA’s Actor…

Some of the top documentary filmmakers in the world soon will be packing their bags for Toronto, preparing for a curtain call at one of the world's most important cinematic events. The 51st edition of the Toronto Film Festival again features a dynamic roster of documentaries, ranging from…

EXCLUSIVE: On the 35th anniversary of Ukrainian Independence Day, Field of Vision is launching a new documentary on Ukraine's valiant fight to maintain its freedom. When It Started to Burn debuted on the Field of Vision platform Monday, the third in a trilogy of short films from director Anders…

Peacock has greenlit a documentary celebrating Wendy Williams and her daytime talk show. The three-part docuseries, tentatively titled Clap If You Care: The Wendy Williams Show, is set to air in 2027. Suzzanne Bass, an executive producer on The Wendy Williams talk show who often appeared on…