EXCLUSIVE: The latest series from Amplify Pictures is ‘Anglers‘, an unscripted series from indie filmmakers and wildlife photographers Owen and Quentin Reiser.
Danny McBride’s Rough House Pictures is serving as an executive producer on the show, which Amplify has greenlit as part of its strategy to independently-finance TV shows. As such, L.A.-based Amplify will finance the eight-part, half-hour series.
The Reiser brothers, whose YouTube birdwatching series Listers first made their name, are the creators, directors, executive producers and stars of Anglers. Per the synopsis, it “tells the story of two eager brothers who hit the road with a Craigslist boat and more confidence than skill, stumbling through America’s many fishing subcultures as they try to become real anglers before entering a bass fishing tournament.”
The Reiser Brothers said: “We’re making a gonzo road trip doc piece on what it means to be an angler in America.”
Production will begin this summer in the Pacific Northwest, with the Reisers, Amplify’s Joe Lewis, Luke Esselen, Rachel Eggebeen and Colin Miller and Rough House’s Danny McBride, David Gordon Green and Brandon James serving as executive producers.
“Anglers is proof that TV can still be authentic, surprising and wonderful,” said Lewis, Amplify’s CEO. “It’s the story of two brothers chasing fishing glory, told with emotion, absurdity, incredible filmmaking and a voice that could only come from Owen and Quentin.
“This is the kind of story and independent series we built Amplify Pics to support – bold, personal and deeply funny with the power to surprise and take you into a world you’ve never seen before.”
The series marks 100 Foot Wave maker Amplify’s latest independently-made series, coming after the likes of mockumentary series Mt. Mystic from Jeremiah Dunlap and Cory Quintard and comedic crime-thriller Sleep King from the Duplass brothers.
Rough House’s James said: “Owen and Quentin have a filmmaking voice that feels completely their own. They’re wildly funny, deeply committed and genuinely unpredictable. We were blown away by what they accomplished with Listers, and this series only expands on that originality and ambition.
“Their pursuit of fishing glory is hilarious on its face, but it also promises to become a surprisingly cinematic, deeply American and totally surreal adventure that’s unexpectedly moving. We’re thrilled to be in the boat with them and Amplify on this one.” The Reiser Brothers are represented by Anonymous Content and Vainshtein Law. Rough House is repped by UTA.
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