Benedict Men, a new docuseries executive produced by Stephen Curry‘s Unanimous Media and produced by Whistle, is set at Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman‘s Quibi, the new mobile subscription service, which launches next year. The project, among the first for the mobile video startup, was announced today by Katzenberg and Quibi CEO Whitman during Variety’s Innovate: AI and Data Science in Media summit.
Benedict Men will take an inside look at one of the most unique high school basketball teams in America at St. Benedict’s Prep in Newark, New Jersey. St. Benedict’s Prep is an all-boys secondary school founded on the core belief ‘What Hurts My Brother Hurts Me,’ and aims to foster a legacy of strong character, community, leadership, and faith. As one of the top athletic high schools with a storied basketball program and the highest graduation rate in New Jersey, the series will follow the brotherhood of young men who seek to balance life in complicated surroundings.
The series is developed and produced by Whistle. Mark Ciardi (Secretariat, The Rookie), Entertainment 360, Jonathan Hock (30 for 30, Fastball) and Stephen Curry, Jeron Smith, Erick Peyton (Unanimous Media) serve as executive producers.
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