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Rachael Denhollander LOS ANGELES, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The cutting-edge sports content studio, game1, announced today that it has optioned Rachael Denhollander's memoir What is a Girl Worth: My Story of Breaking the Silence and Exposing the Truth about Larry Nassar and USA Gymnastics and has engaged Janine Eser to adapt the book into a screenplay. Eser recently adapted the screenplay to Trevor Noah's bestselling memoir, Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood, which has Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong'o attached to star.
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- "We are honored to partner with Rachael on such an important project," said Beverly Nuako, Vice President of Development at game1.
- We are also privileged to have Janine Eser's thoughtful approach and vision to adapt this extraordinary book.
- Following her leadership, more than 200 women participated in the criminal prosecution and sentencing of Nasser, leading to his life imprisonment.
- "The real story of the Nassar case isn't what happened in the court room it's how we got there," said Denhollander.
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Instagram LOS ANGELES, June 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The cutting-edge sports content studio, game1 has hired Ben Bitonti as Chief Creative Officer and Head of Unscripted Programming. The prolific Hollywood producer and non-fiction storyteller will oversee development and packaging of the studio's unscripted projects. He will also support game1's expansive sales efforts to network and streaming distribution partners across all verticals of the company.
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- LOS ANGELES, June 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The cutting-edge sports content studio, game1 has hired Ben Bitonti as Chief Creative Officer and Head of Unscripted Programming.
- "Adding a supremely talented executive like Ben to the game1 team will truly help transform our business," said Basil Iwanyk, Co-Founder & Chairman at game1.
- Previously, Bitonti was EVP, Non-Fiction Television and Alternate Programming at 101 Studios, launching the media company's unscripted division and selling a variety of high-caliber projects.
- In addition to development and production, Bitonti has extensive experience in distribution sales and third-party financing of unscripted projects.
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McFarland, USA LOS ANGELES, Sept. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --The cutting-edge sports content studio, game1, announced today that Mark Ciardi is joining the company as President & Chief Content Officer.
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- LOS ANGELES, Sept. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --The cutting-edge sports content studio, game1, announced today that Mark Ciardi is joining the company as President & Chief Content Officer.
- "Mark is one of the best storytellers in sports across all platforms.It's a huge coup to have him join forces with Greg and me," said Basil Iwanyk, Chairman of game1.
- "It allows us to scale game1 in an exponential fashion during the best time for sports content in history.
- "Mark is not only an incredible content producer, but the real deal as a former collegiate and professional athlete himself," concluded Economou, CEO of game1.
The two companies will work together to package and sell a variety of brand partnerships, matching up brands with game1's expansive content development efforts in a number of innovative and compelling ways.
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- The two companies will work together to package and sell a variety of brand partnerships, matching up brands with game1's expansive content development efforts in a number of innovative and compelling ways.
- "We are thrilled to partner with a growing powerhouse like Allied Sports in our efforts to create brand partnerships across our entire portfolio," said Greg Economou, Co-Founder & Partner of game1.
- The array of partnerships developed by the two companies will marry blue-chip brands to specific content projects across game1's slate of feature films, scripted and unscripted television series and podcasts.
- "We are seeing the branded content landscape changing dramatically and rapidly in this new world," added Basil Iwanyk, Co-Founder & Partner at game1.
