Rob McElhenney, Ridley Scott Associates Set Docuseries About New Doping-Friendly Sports Championship (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comK.J. Yossman Rob McElhenney’s More Better Productions and Ridley Scott Associates (RSA) are set to co-produce a docuseries about the first doping-friendly sports championships, Variety can exclusively confirm.
Founded by Aron D’Souza and Christian Angermayer, the Enhanced Games is described as the world’s first sporting event which permits “enhancements” – including doping.
It eventually aims to become a competitor to the Olympics. “Launched in response to what Aron and his partners view as a broken system, where cheating is too sophisticated to control, the new competition is set to become the most talked about sporting event of the century to date,” reads the logline.
More Better and RSA (the prodco behind Netflix’s “Robbie Wiliams” docuseries) have signed an exclusive access agreement with D’Souza, Angermayer and their team which will see the doc makers embed with the organizers, as well as acquiring unscripted rights to the games and accompanying materials.
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