Exclusive: In the wake of the incredible National Geographic documentary Free Solo, which chronicles the first free solo climb of El Capitan’s 3,000-foot wall in Yosemite, comes another extreme-sports film. This one focuses on the late Doug Coombs, who pioneered back-country skiing, heli-skiing and mountain side skiing.
This one is being developed and produced by Outside Studios and Fort Point Media; the feature is based on the Rob Cocuzzo book, Tracking the Wild Coomba: The Life of Legendary Skier Doug Coombs
Fort Point Media, a run by bestselling authors Casey Sherman and Dave Wedge, acquired the rights to the book and have set the project up with Outside Studios, a unit of Outside Integrated Media, LLC. Moviegoers will remember that Outside magazine provided the original material for several big outdoor-adventure films including Everest, 127 Hours, Into the Wild, Blue Crush and The Perfect Storm.
“Doug’s story fits in...
This one is being developed and produced by Outside Studios and Fort Point Media; the feature is based on the Rob Cocuzzo book, Tracking the Wild Coomba: The Life of Legendary Skier Doug Coombs
Fort Point Media, a run by bestselling authors Casey Sherman and Dave Wedge, acquired the rights to the book and have set the project up with Outside Studios, a unit of Outside Integrated Media, LLC. Moviegoers will remember that Outside magazine provided the original material for several big outdoor-adventure films including Everest, 127 Hours, Into the Wild, Blue Crush and The Perfect Storm.
“Doug’s story fits in...
- 1/8/2019
- by Anita Busch
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Outside, the magazine which has published feature articles that were the basis for both film and television projects such as Everest, The Perfect Storm, Into the Wild, Blue Crush and 127 Hours, has just teamed up with The Gotham Group. The two companies will produce content for film, television and new media for what will be different platforms and distributors. Outside, which began in 1977 and is owned by the Mariah Media Network, is also known as the only magazine to have won three consecutive National Magazine Awards for general excellence.
If you add up the box office for those aforementioned feature projects alone, it totals ovver $700M worldwide. Larry Burke (Outside chairman) and Ellen Goldsmith-Vein (The Gotham Group’s CEO/founder and an avid sports enthusiast), are currently in talks with production companies, financiers, streaming services, broadcast and cable entities to start the partnership rolling.
“Over the last few weeks,...
If you add up the box office for those aforementioned feature projects alone, it totals ovver $700M worldwide. Larry Burke (Outside chairman) and Ellen Goldsmith-Vein (The Gotham Group’s CEO/founder and an avid sports enthusiast), are currently in talks with production companies, financiers, streaming services, broadcast and cable entities to start the partnership rolling.
“Over the last few weeks,...
- 7/16/2018
- by Anita Busch
- Deadline Film + TV
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