Great Pacific Media and the World Boxing Council Partner on Producing Prizefighter Boxing docuseries
Vancouver, Canada, January 30, 2024 — Great Pacific Media (GPM), a Thunderbird Entertainment Group (TSXV:TBRD, OTC – THBRF) (“Thunderbird” or the “Company”) company, is excited to announce a partnership with the most prestigious sanctioning body in professional boxing — the WBC (World Boxing Council) along with its President Mauricio Sulaimán.
GPM, the WBC, and WBC President Mauricio Sulaimán are teaming up to create a new docuseries Prizefighter (working title), which interweaves the lives of current boxing champions and rising stars, inside and outside the ring. Prizefighter will be an exclusive deep-access look at the sweat, sacrifice, and mental toil it takes to become a boxing champion. Filming is underway in Las Vegas with director Tony Vainuku at the helm.
“Professional boxing is an obsession felt around the world since the early 20th Century, and the inherent storytelling drama inside the ring and out has been celebrated in a long rich legacy of Hollywood blockbuster hits. Prizefighter is an in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at the real-life stories of today’s best in boxing. It’s every boxer’s dream to hold the WBC Green and Gold belt and we will be there as they train, challenge, and defend those titles. We could not be more excited to enter into the ring of pro-boxing with an amazing partner like Mauricio Sulaimán and the WBC,” said David Way, President GPM.
“Every boxer in the world could inspire a script for a Hollywood movie; most rise from difficult backgrounds facing poverty, discrimination, or personal obstacles to become true heroes,” said Sulaimán. “The documentary series we're producing with Great Pacific Media will showcase these champions. Their courage, resilience, and pursuit of excellence will serve as inspiration for future generations.”
Joining GPM’s Way, Lindsay Macadam, Michael Francis and WBC’s Sulaimán as Executive Producers on Prizefighter (working title) is Tony Vainuku, co-director of Netflix’s Manti Te’o’s documentary Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn’t Exist and Muscles & Mayhem: An Unauthorized Story of American Gladiators. Kyle Hou, and Tim Thom will also serve as Executive Producers.
ABOUT GREAT PACIFIC MEDIA
Great Pacific Media programs are seen in more than 170 countries, and the Thunderbird Entertainment division specializes in the financing, development, production and co-production of factual, documentary, and reality television. Productions at GPM include the highly rated Discovery Canada series Highway Thru Hell and Heavy Rescue: 401. Recently announced series include Rocky Mountain Wreckers (The Weather Channel) and Timber Titans (Discovery Canada), with new seasons of Deadman’s Curse (History, Hulu), Wild Rose Vets (produced in association with Wapanatahk Media for APTN, Blue Ant Media) and Styled (HGTV, Hulu) on the way.
ABOUT THUNDERBIRD ENTERTAINMENT GROUP
Thunderbird Entertainment Group is a global award-winning, full-service multiplatform production, distribution and rights management company, headquartered in Vancouver, with additional offices in Los Angeles and Ottawa. Thunderbird creates award-winning scripted, unscripted, and animated programming for the world’s leading digital platforms, as well as Canadian and international broadcasters. The Company develops, produces, and distributes animated, factual, and scripted content through its various content arms, including Thunderbird Kids and Family (Atomic Cartoons), Thunderbird Unscripted (Great Pacific Media) and Thunderbird Scripted. Productions under the Thunderbird umbrella include The Last Kids on Earth, Molly of Denali, Highway Thru Hell, Deadman’s Curse, Kim’s Convenience and Reginald the Vampire. Thunderbird Distribution and Thunderbird Brands manage global media and consumer products rights, respectively, for the Company and select third parties. Thunderbird is on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram at @tbirdent. For more information, visit: www.thunderbird.tv.
ABOUT THE WBC
The World Boxing Council is a non-profit organization with a well-earned prestige as the global sports' leader with 176 countries affiliated through its 9 continental federations. The WBC has historically implemented new rules and technological innovations, always in line with its mission to protect the integrity of boxers all over the World and the values of our sport above any interest.
The green and gold belt is the ultimate boxing honor that fighters seek to conquer. The sport of boxing has evolved impressively by adopting the WBC parameters.
The WBC has always distinguished itself through its commitment to protect human rights, eradicate discrimination, and aid those in need, inside and outside the sport.
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