Soccer Content Brand Copa90 Launches Copa90 Studios With ‘Race To The Center Of The Earth’ Format Creator Dan Lewis; Sets Strategic Deal With ’30 For 30′ Doc Maker Evan Rosenfeld
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Here’s an intriguing development in the burgeoning sports docs and entertainment space: UK-based soccer content specialist Copa90 has formed a studio production business with Race to the Center of the Earth creator Dan Lewis and set a strategic partnership with U.S.
filmmaker Evan Rosenfeld to build a slate of premium docs.Copa90 Studios has been created to capitalize on the fan-focused company’s influence in the online sports content space over the past decade and will focus on developing and producing “high-end sports-related entertainment.” Its formation comes at a time of growth: this year Copa90 was named Media Company of the Year at the British Media Awards.Overseeing Copa90 Studios will be former Plum Pictures Head of Development Lewis, who left the British unscripted indie to take his new role last month.
He’s best known for spending 12 years at Plum, where he created the format on which Nat Geo epic Race to the Center of the Earth was based, plus James May: The Reassembler for BBC Four, an upcoming Channel 4 Digital comedy format series and a luxury property travel show for Paramount+.
He also developed Channel 4’s Johnny Vegas: Carry on Glamping and produced shows such as Cristiano Ronaldo Meets Piers Morgan, Wayne Rooney’s Street Striker and James May’s Toy Stories.Lewis will run Copa90 Studios alongside Copa90 Chief Operating Officer Ross Whittow-Williams, with the latter overseeing operational and strategic responsibilities. “Having been a fan of Copa90 for some time, I couldn’t be more excited to join the team and build upon their already impressive reputation as a distinctive and respected voice within sports media,” said Lewis.Copa90 is entering a fertile space for international production,
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