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Sports streamer DAZN boosts originals with launch of studios division

La Guerra Civil will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival

Sports streaming service DAZN is investing more in its global original production strategy with the launch of specialist content development arm DAZN Studios.

The company says the new division will enhance its ability to create development deals, sell and license its original sport documentaries, series and films, and explore new production opportunities.

The DAZN Originals brand of productions currently includes La Guerra Civil, directed by Eva Longoria Bastón, which will premiere at Sundance Film Festival 2022.

A slate of projects for 2022 was unveiled today as part of the launch of the new division.

These include feature-length documentary Green Lions, part of DAZN’s World Cup Stories series ahead of the Fifa World Cup Qatar 2022, which explores the inspiring untold story of Cameroon’s 1990 World Cup heroes.

Maradona: The Fall is a feature-length doc exploring football legend Diego Maradona’s fall from grace following a failed drug test during the 1994 World Cup, as told by the people on the inside.

There is also the second production from DAZN’s three-project development deal with Brazilian football icon Ronaldo. Titled Ronnie, it explores the player’s career including the mystery that surrounded the 1998 World Cup final and the two debilitating knee injuries that forced the world’s greatest ever striker on to the sidelines.

Ed McCarthy, DAZN’s chief operating officer, said: “DAZN Studios is going to enable us to broaden our original programming offering with productions that not only drive deeper engagement with fans but create opportunities via licensing, distribution, advertising and commissions.

“We know that the way we tell stories never stops evolving. We already work with some of the biggest names and organisations in sport and film today, but as DAZN continues to grow we also want to enable the next generation of filmmakers and invest in the future talent of sports storytelling.”

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