Prime Video will commence filming this week on an AFL-focused docuseries with Formula 1: Drive to Survive producers Box To Box Films and GoodThing Productions. <\/p>\n
As per the announcement, the series will show a character-driven snapshot of the 2025 Toyota AFL Premiership season, providing an inside look as it unfolds and immersing viewers in the competition. <\/p>\n
The Untitled AFL Docuseries from Amazon MGM Studios is being executive produced by Paul Martin, James Gay-Rees and Hillary Olsen, Nick Batzias, and Charlotte Wheaton. Further news regarding storylines, player and team castings will be announced shortly.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s not the first time Prime Video has shone a factual spotlight on the league, having previously commissioned Jam TV\u2019s Making Their Mark<\/a>, Screentime\u2019s Kick Like Tayla<\/a>, and EQ Media\u2019s Warriors On The Field.<\/p>\n The sport has also been the focus of \u00a0Disney+ series Fearless: The Inside Story of the AFLW<\/a> and Stan\u2019s Show Me the Money<\/a>.<\/p>\n Prime Video ANZ head of content Alexandra Gilbert said the streamer was excited to give audiences \u201cinsider access to the moments and personalities that make the AFL so special\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cBy collaborating with storytelling experts Box To Box, we\u2019re committed to bringing fans authentic, behind-the-scenes moments that they\u2019ve never experienced before, while helping to share Australia\u2019s beloved sport with viewers worldwide.\u201d<\/p>\n It comes after Box to Box was again recognised in Outstanding Documentary Series \u2013 Serialized category at this year\u2019s Sports Emmy Awards for Formula 1: Drive to Survive, which takes viewers behind the scenes to offer insight into how drivers and teams prepare for the \u00a0FIA Formula 1 World Championship. The seventh season premiered on Netflix in March.<\/p>\n Box to Box Films co-founder Paul Martin said the AFL stood out to the company as \u201crich terrain for storytelling potential\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cThe world of Aussie Rules has everything we look for in our shows \u2014 intensity, big personalities, massive stakes, and stories that hit hard on and off the field,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to bring audiences around the globe into the heart of such a tenaciously competitive league.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prime Video will commence filming this week on an AFL-focused docuseries with Formula 1: Drive to Survive producers…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14602,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-14601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14601\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}