The University of Michigan announced on Tuesday that it has partnered with Amazon to produce a behind-the-scenes documentary series on the 2017 Michigan football season.
The show will be released in January 2018 and will include exclusive footage of practice, games, the academic environment at U-M and a general look into player's lives off the field. Cameras will be at both home and away games and show things that the public normally does not have access to.
"We are proud to partner with Amazon Prime Video in documenting our University of Michigan student-athletes' daily experiences and the lifelong lessons learned both on the football field and in the classroom," Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh said. "We welcome judgement! We embrace this opportunity to showcase our 2017 University of Michigan football team to a vast audience around the world."
The Montag Group and the Big Ten Network are also involved in the partnership.
A press release put out by the school says the Montag Group is a talent management, consulting, content development, and media-strategy company focused in the world of sports, entertainment and lifestyle. Sandy Montag, President & CEO, served as Executive Producer on “Perfect in ’76,” a documentary on the undefeated Indiana basketball team which aired on Showtime earlier this year. The Montag Group has partnered with Jim Jorden Productions on this project. Jim Jorden is formerly of NFL Films and is a 16-time Emmy Award-winning cinematographer.
"We think documenting this season will reveal that our university and football program are unique environments that equip our student-athletes for success in both academics and athletics," Michigan Athletic Director Warde Manuel said. "We are excited to work with great partners and to break new ground as the first collegiate program to participate in this digital space."
The show will likely be similar in nature to the Amazon show "All or Nothing" which went behind the scenes with the Arizona Cardinals in 2016.
The series will be eight episodes long.
According to a press release, Amazon Prime members will be able to stream the series exclusively via the Amazon Prime Video app for TVs, connected devices including Fire TV, mobile devices and online. Members can also download the series to mobile devices for offline viewing at no additional cost to their membership. The series will be a global release and available on PrimeVideo.com for Prime Video members in more than 200 countries and territories. Free trials of Amazon Prime are available.
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