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EXCLUSIVE: The docuseries based on The Sound: Mystery of Havana Syndrome podcast is moving a step closer to fruition. XTR, the non-fiction studio behind Apple's They Call Me Magic and Oscar-nominated Ascension, has boarded the project, which comes from Project Brazen. Deadline revealed in…

EXCLUSIVE: Documentary+, the free streaming service launched by non-fiction studio XTR, is moving into original series for the first time. The platform is preparing to launch two series – Picture Locked and In My Own Words. It will launch the pair this month, coming on the back of original doc…

If you happened to grow up in a particular section of Brooklyn in the '70s and played a game called Hot Peas and Butter with neighborhood kids, you might still have the welts to show for it. As the Oscar-contending animated short The Originals reveals, that old time-y outdoor game involved the…

EXCLUSIVE: XTR, the non-fiction studio behind Apple's They Call Me Magic and Oscar-nominated feature doc Ascension, has hired Shane Riley as Head of Sales and Distribution Strategy.  Riley will lead the distribution and sales of feature documentaries and series across both XTR Studios and its…

New York, a city responsible for bands such as The Velvet Underground, Blondie and Ramones, was a cultural wasteland by the late 90s and the wider music scene was pumping out shlock like Limp Bizkit and Hoobastank. As Adam Green says in the opening scenes of Meet Me In The Bathroom, a documentary…

EXCLUSIVE: Documentary+, the free streaming service launched by non-fiction studio XTR, has launched its latest slate of original feature docs. The service is launching three new films in October and November in addition to The Sentence of Michael Thompson, which is coming to the service after its…

EXCLUSIVE: The timely documentary The Sentence of Michael Thompson will be reaching a big audience soon, courtesy of MSNBC and XTR's streaming service Documentary+. The cable news channel will premiere the short film on October 30, with the Documentary+ debut coming on November 1. The film, directed…

EXCLUSIVE: Reid Davenport's directorial debut I Didn't See You There has been called a "must-see" and "first-person poetry in captivating motion, expressed with a singular, assured artistic voice." We have your first look at the documentary before it opens Friday at the new Firehouse Cinema @DCTV in New York. The…

EXCLUSIVE: Gia Coppola (Palo Alto) is in production on superfans: screaming. crying. throwing up., a documentary that she’s directing and producing for global nonfiction entertainment studio XTR and Jason Bateman and Michael Costigan’s Aggregate Films, via her company Detour. The film celebrating the culture-shifting…

XTR has launched production on Role Players, which is billed as the definitive documentary on the seminal fantasy game Dungeons & Dragons. Boasting never-before-seen archival footage and interviews with high-profile celebrity D&D fanatics, Role Players will tell the all-encompassing story of Dungeons & Dragons, from…

Documentary+, the free streaming service launched by non-fiction studio XTR, is getting into original programming and has ordered its first project. The company will launch Fireworks, a feature doc directed by Nathan Truesdell, who recently produced Oscar-nominated film Ascension. Fireworks will delve into a botched…

EXCLUSIVE: XTR, the non-fiction studio behind projects such as Oscar nominated doc Ascension and Apple's They Call Me Magic, has hired its first Chief Operating Officer. The company has hired Jonathan Stern in the new position. He comes from Media Advisory Group, the boutique IP rights, branding and consulting firm…