America's HBO Network has Bought the Rights to First Documentary Made Inside Second Life

America's HBO Network has Bought the Rights to First Documentary Made Inside Second Life

AMSTERDAM, September 10/PRNewswire/ -- Dutch producer Submarine has sold the television rights for the North American territories for the documentary 'Molotov's Dispatches in Search of the Creator: A Second Life Odyssey' - the first documentary to be shot in its entirety in Second Life - to American broadcaster HBO for a substantial sum. The American channel will submit 'Molotov's Dispatches in Search of the Creator: A Second Life Odyssey' for an Oscar in the Animated Short Subject category.

The first episode of the documentary series was launched on YouTube and was immediately a huge hit. The film was YouTube's number 1 for several days, which caught the attention of a number of big American channels. As far as is known, this is the first time that a film that premiered on YouTube is bought by a major television channel.

'Molotov's Dispatches in Search of the Creator: A Second Life Odyssey' is a compilation of ten video diaries made by Molotov Alva, who disappeared off the face of the earth in January of this year, only to re-appear subsequently in Second Life. The diaries form the basis of the documentary directed by Douglas Gayeton.

'Molotov's Dispatches in Search of the Creator: A Second Life Odyssey' is the first MiniMovie in a series of eight documentaries produced specifically for online video channels, iPods and mobile phones: http://www.minimovies.org. The documentary will be broadcast by VPRO television and Dutch digital channel Holland Doc in spring of 2008.

Biography Douglas Gayeton

Douglas Gayeton, together with William Gibson, wrote and directed 'Johnny Mnemonic', the first interactive film on CD-ROM, commissioned by Sony Imagesoft. Gayeton directed many interactive productions for, among others, AOL, MNS, Vivendi and Napster, and is currently Chief Creative Officer for Millions of Us.

Submarine

Submarine (http://www.submarine.nl) is an Amsterdam-based production company specialising in documentaries, animation series and games with international appeal. Recently Submarine has produced such documentaries as 'Viktor & Rolf: Because We Are Worth It!' and 'My Life as a Terrorist: The Story of Hans-Joachim Klein'. Currently in production are Peter Greenaway's new documentary 'J'Accuse'. Submarine was founded in 2000 by Bruno Felix and Femke Wolting.

HBO

HBO is known for its popular series such as 'The Sopranos', 'Sex and the City', 'Rome' and 'Six Feet Under'.

Source: Submarine

Information: Yaniv Wolf, Tel: +31-(0)-203301226, Mob: +31-(0)-641849614, Fax: +31-(0)-203301227, Mail: Yaniv@submarine.nl

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