documentary Archives

Star Trek: William Shatner to Fly Like Kirk, Thanks to Jeff Bezos
The fan-owned Legion M released the trailer for the crowdfunded documentary William Shatner: You Can Call Me Bill, a comprehensive look at the life of the legendary Canadian actor and Star Trek icon whose career spans eight decades Shatner developed a prolific career across film and television since his debut in 1951's The Butler's Night[...]
Degrassi: Documentary On Canadian Series En Route From WildBrain
Degrassi, a longtime favorite television series in Canada and abroad, is getting a documentary made about it by WildBrain The three-part documentary has yet to receive an official title, but we know that it will include exclusive behind-the-scenes footage and interviews The documentary will dive into Degrassi lore and the teenage experience with its creators,[...]
Uncharitable Director on Finding Renewed Purpose in Documentary
The father of two Oscar-nominated actors in Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal, Stephen's final TV series to date was Hulu's Shut Eye before moving on to documentaries in 2022's The Bond & 2023's Uncharitable. Gyllenhaal spoke to Bleeding Cool about the documentary based on the Dan Pallotta book of the same name, gaining traction as a TED[...]
Star Trek: To Boldly Go: DS9’s Terry Farrell Joins Travel Documentary
His latest project is the crowdfunded documentary called To Boldly Go, which is described as "part travelogue, part history lesson, part 'Curb Your Enthusiasm.'" Joining the project is Deep Space Nine star Terry Farrell, who played Jadzia Dax in the Paramount syndicated series. Terry Farrell in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Image courtesy of Paramount To Boldly[...]
TIME Studios & Kanopy Release New D&D Documentary
TIME Studios and Kanopy have come together to release a new mini-documentary this week, as they have one focused on Dungeons & Dragons The film is called Adventure Never Ends: A Tabletop Saga, and it was released totally free on YouTube today for anyone to watch The doc chats with several well-known members of the[...]
Star Trek: The Center Seat Doc Tells Complete Pre-Paramount+ Era Story
The stories compiled in this 11-part documentary series tell the complete stories of all the finished series from The Original Series to Enterprise Touting itself as "an unauthorized and unfiltered" series, the independent nature of Nacelle's project paints a full picture of the franchise, flaws and all While it's not the first Star Trek documentary,[...]
Lilith Games Releases Documentary For 10th Annioversary
Lilith Games are marking the 10th Anniversary of their company in a special way as they have released a new mini-documentary this morning The company that brought you games such as Rise of Kingdoms, Dislyte, and AFK Arena, is marking the occasion with a unique look back at their own history, as well as their[...]
King of Wuxia is the Definitive Documentary on Director King Hu
King of Wuxia is a new documentary about the career and life of director King Hu, who singlehandedly redefined the wuxia genre in Cinema when he made the seminal Come Drink with Me for Shaw Brothers in 1966 He transformed a movie genre from studio quickies to a more prestigious and lucrative level, in full[...]
Plan C: Director & Editor Talk Sundance Film & Abortion Rights
We chatted with the director, Tracy Droz Tragos, and editor, Meredith Perry, about their feature documentary film, PLAN C, which premiered at this year's Sundance Film Festival The documentary focuses on a long-time goal for access There are people out there you wish you had known about (and supported) a long time ago[...]
Esports Documentary "Game & Glory" Has Been Released
BBC Studios and ESL FACEIT Group have officially released their CS:GO esports documentary Game & Glory for people to enjoy this week The doc covers the journey to the CS:GO Major Championship in Brazil back in 2022, showcasing the efforts of certain players in the tournament and their quest to become champions on one of[...]
We Review The Running With Speed Documentary Series
Wild Arrow Media and Good Deed Entertainment have released a new documentary on retro video game speedrunning called Running With Speed This series caught our eye a few years ago when it was mentioned by a few different Twitch streamers that they were taking part in a documentary about the competitive gaming genre But with[...]
Russia 1989-1999: Traumazone: When Adam Curtis Used My Movie
A new Adam Curtis documentary from the BBC is always a major cultural event His latest, Russia 1989-1999: Traumazone, is another timely commentary on current events, so imagine my surprise when I discovered he used clips from a movie I wrote And imagine my ambivalence when I realized that his using my movie might have[...]
WWE Is Reportedly In The Dog House With Both Of Its TV Networks
 We have learned today that The Nine Lives of Vince McMahon, a two-hour documentary special that will cover the former WWE Chairman's rise and recent fall, will premiere on VICE on Tuesday, October 18 at 8 pm. Image courtesy of WWE The Wrestling Observer broke the news this afternoon that we won't have to wait too much longer[...]
The Princess: HBO’s Princess Diana Documentary Premieres in August
HBO has entered the arena of Princess Diana documentaries with the HBO Original documentary film The Princess, an "intimate and immersive look at the life of Princess Diana", directed by Academy Award nominee Ed Perkins (Black Sheep, Tell Me Who I Am) and produced by Lightbox, Academy Award-winning Simon Chinn (Man on Wire, Searching for Sugar[...]
End Of The Line: NYC Subway Crisis Documentary Arriving June 14
An upcoming timely documentary, End of the Line, on the crisis with the infrastructure and system of the New York City subway is headed to video-on-demand on June 14th Award-winning filmmaker Emmett Adler's feature documentary is a character-driven political drama about the New York City subway crisis and a long-overdue reckoning on infrastructure VOD platforms[...]
'Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes' HBO Documentary Arriving June 22nd
HBO Documentary Films presents Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes, directed by Emmy-winning filmmaker James Jones (Mosul), debuting Wednesday, June 22 (9:00 p.m ET/PT) on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO Max. Photograph by Courtesy of HBO Thirty-six years after the Chernobyl nuclear reactor exploded in Soviet Ukraine, newly uncovered archival footage and recorded interviews with[...]
The Janes: Pre-Roe V. Wade HBO Documentary Debuting On June 9th
HBO Documentary Films' The Janes, directed by Oscar® nominee Tia Lessin (HBO's Trouble the Water) and Emmy® nominee Emma Pildes (HBO's Jane Fonda in Five Acts), debuts Wednesday, June 8 (9:00-10:45 p.m ET/PT) on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO Max. The Janes celebrated its world premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. Photo[...]
George Carlin’s American Dream HBO Doc Trailer: Comedian’s Evolution
Counterculture icon George Carlin is featured in a new two-part documentary from Emmy winners Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio called George Carlin's American Dream, set to debut on HBO with back-to-back nights starting on May 20th and May 21st at 8 p.m Both episodes will be available to stream on HBO Max on May 20th[...]
Andy Kaufman Documentary in Works on Comedian from Morgan Neville
Andy Kaufman, one of the most revolutionary avant-garde comedians of the '70s and '80s, will be featured in an upcoming documentary by director Alex Braverman and will be produced by Morgan Neville Best known for his work in the early seasons of Saturday Night Live and Taxi, Kaufman, who died in 1984 from cancer, was[...]
"With A Netflix Biopic Underway"... How To PR The Tinder Swindler
Like saying Bill Cosby performed in residence in Philadelphia for a number of years. The Tinder Swindler is a British true-crime documentary film directed by Felicity Morris released on Netflix on the 2nd of February Following the release of the film, Tinder permanently banned Leviev from its platform Variety reported that Netflix is planning to make[...]
No Time to Die Latest Bond Trailer Reveals Key Characters, More Plot
The documentary will include interviews mixed with the Bond archive material MGM previously worked with Ventureland and Eon on another project in the award-winning Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007 Directing will be Mat Whitecross with John Battsek producing As the third-highest franchise of all time, the Bond films currently combine for $7.9[...]
bob ross
They would like to show you the trailer for the documentary about the man whose laid-back approach to art inspired numerous armchair Rembrandts to pick up a brush and enjoy The Joy of Painting But as there almost always is, there is a deeper story behind the joy Bob Ross mostly painted landscapes, mountains, lakes,[...]
Under the Volcano Review: An Music Inspiration from Paradise
Directed by Gracie Otto, the documentary shows a who's who of the music industry mixing contemporary interviews from the likes of The Police, Earth, Wind and Fire's Verdine White, Dire Straits' Mark Knopfler, and Jimmy Buffett, Monsterrat natives who worked with them, archival interviews from the likes of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Elton John, Rolling[...]
J.J. Abrams and Katie McGrath arrives for the "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" Premiere on December 16, 2019 in Hollywood, CA (DFree/Shutterstock.com)
Abrams will be beaming up to the UFO bandwagon – or should that be "bandsaucer?" – to produce a new 4-part documentary exploring our fascination with Unidentified Flying Objects for Showtime He will be Executive Producer through his production company Bad Robot The show will simply be titled UFO lest anyone has trouble remembering what[...]
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN / USA - March 9, 2019: KISS performs live at Van Andel Arena (Tony Norkus / Shutterstock.com)
A&E is asking viewers to strutter over to their latest two-part documentary on the legendary rock band KISS called KISStory Producing will be Leslie Greif, who did the same for lead singer Gene Simmons' reality TV series Family Jewels for the network Greif's Big Dreams Entertainment will produce with Critical Content, whose Jenny Daly will[...]
Biography: Stone Cold Steve Austin - Preview A&E's New Documentary
 The second is a series of biographies on WWE's greatest legends of all time, and they're kicking it off tomorrow night with a two-hour documentary on arguably their greatest legend, Stone Cold Steve Austin. Biography: Stone Cold Steve Austin with kick-off A&E and WWE's new series of legends documentaries, courtesy of WWE. In an exclusive interview with[...]
More Than Miyagi Director Kevin Derek on Showing The Real Pat Mortia
I spoke with Derek about the inspiration behind looking into Pat Morita's life, his journey making the documentary, and putting the actor's life into proper perspective "I got to interview Pat Morita's wife [Evelyn Guerrero-Morita], and after the interview, she started sharing all these fascinating stories about his life from his childhood and how he[...]
An NBA Jam Documentary Is Currently In The Works
For those of you who love the game NBA Jam, you'll be happy to know there's a new documentary about the game in the works As you might recall, the game already got a bit of a documentary in late 2020 as we got that awesome Midway documentary, which we reviewed here The film devoted[...]