NewFronts: YouTube preps projects with Will Smith, Alicia Keys Global streaming platform YouTube has unveiled a host of upcoming unscripted series and projects as part of its NewFronts presentation held on Tuesday (May 4).
Highlights include a six-part unscripted . May 5, 2021
Global streaming platform YouTube has unveiled a host of upcoming unscripted series and projects as part of its NewFronts presentation held on Tuesday (May 4).
Highlights include a six-part unscripted series with Will Smith (pictured); a performance docuseries featuring Alicia Keys;
Ice Cold, a docuseries that explores issues around racial inequity through the lens of hip-hop jewelry; and
Recipe for Change (working title), a special celebrating Asian and Pacific Islander culture.
Will Smith series leads YouTube originals
YouTube is launching a fitness series with actor Will Smith as part of its upcoming slate, which comprises five unscripted titles and one scripted show.
Will Smith (photo Max Morse/TechCrunch via CC)
From Westbrook Media and YouTube Originals, Best Shape of My Life (working title) follows Smith as he, upon reaching middle age, embarks on a fitness journey to rebuild his body.
The six-part series, which will premiere next year, is directed and showrun by Dexton Deboree (Unbanned, Promiseland).
Also from Westbrook Media is Noted (w/t), a four-part performance docuseries featuring singer Alicia Keys. The show will premiere this summer.
YouTube today announced new and returning projects at the 10th-annual digital newfront and digital personalized event, Brandcast Delivered. Among the highlights: a six-part unscripted series following Will Smith embarking on his fitness journey, a new intimate performance docuseries with Alicia Keys premiering this summer, the third and final season of âLiza on Demand,â starring popular creator Liza Koshy, “Ice Cold,” a docuseries that explores issues around racial inequity through the lens of hip-hop jewelry, and âRecipe for Changeâ [working title], a new special celebrating Asian and Pacific Islander culture. For more details on Brandcast Delivered, see blog post here.
Below are the upcoming new and returning YouTube Originals featured in todayâs presentation (watch Kynclâs remarks here):
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1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything, a new docuseries that will explore the musicians and soundtracks that shaped the culture and politics of 1971, is set to launch on Apple TV+.
Featuring archival footage and interviews,
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything will show how the musical icons of the time were influenced by the changing tides of history and how they used their music to inspire hope, change and the culture around them. The docuseries will examine such iconic artists as The Rolling Stones, Aretha Franklin, Bob Marley, Marvin Gaye, The Who, Joni Mitchell, Lou Reed and more.
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