‘Punky Brewster’ Producer Main Event Media Moves From All3Media To Religion Of Sports With Production Deal
EXCLUSIVE: Main Event Media, the production company behind Peacock’s Punky Brewster Netflix and reboot dating format Dated and relatedIs moving to Religion of Sports Get an exclusive production deal
The deal will see the company moving from All3Media, where they were previously housed. It was launched by Jimmy Fox (ex-executive at Objective) in 2017.
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Main Event Media, a production label of Religion of Sports, will now be called Main Event Media. It was founded by Tom Brady and Michael Strahan.
It will also serve as the Religion of Sports pop culture arm. Main Event also produces series like United Shades of America – W. Kamau Bell CNN, Netflix true crime doc The Girl in the Photo, YouTube’s Defying Gravity: The Untold Story of Women’s Gymnastics, HBO Max’s Sweet Life: Los Angeles Nickelodeon competition series Top Elf.
Religion of Sports creates content related to sports Tom vs. Time, Stephen vs. The Game, Greatness Code and Man in the Arena Shut Up, Dribble.
Fox, who was previously head of development at Ben Silverman’s Electus, will remain as President of Main Event Media and will remain attached to several projects in partnership with All3Media currently set up at various networks.
Main Event Media executives Emily Bon & Stephanie Valentin will move on as VPs for development.
“First off, I am beyond grateful to the leadership of All3Media for the past nine years and everything we’ve accomplished together,” said Fox. “After sitting with Gotham and hearing his vision for the growth of Religion of Sports as a home for creators across all genres of storytelling, I was extremely inspired and saw clearly how Main Event could complement an already flourishing operation… also, I was told they have an NBA Jam arcade machine in the office which really sweetened the deal.”
“Part of our mission at Religion of Sports as we grow has been to be a platform for prolific creators to strut their stuff,” added Gotham Chopra. “I couldn’t be more excited for Jimmy and his talented team at Main Event Media to join the ROS family – even though his Warriors beat my Celtics in last season’s NBA Finals.”
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