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Simone Biles Teams With Religion of Sports to Expand Entertainment Portfolio: ‘We Want to Give Others Bigger Platforms to Narrate Themselves’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Simone Biles teams with Religion of Sports, co-founded by Gotham Chopra, to develop content about women, Black and brown people and mental health.
I wanted to be out in the community,” Biles tells Variety about her decision to join the board of Religion of Sports(ROS), the media company founded by NFL legends Tom Brady and Michael Strahan and Emmy-winning documentarian Gotham Chopra. Of course, ROS has some experience in the storytelling department — creating acclaimed programs including “Aaron Rodgers: Enigma” (Netflix), “In the Arena: Serena Williams (ESPN+), “Kobe Bryant’s Muse” (Showtime), earning four sports Emmys along the way, plus their work on Biles’ projects “Simone Biles Rising” and her Facebook Watch series “Simone Vs. Herself.” The company has also expanded beyond sports with documentaries like Hulu’s “Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story,” as well as collaborations with top talent like Jake Gyllenhaal, Trevor Noah, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. The partnership is in the ideation phase right now, and there’s no restrictions of the type of content they will eventually create, so there’s opportunity for projects that feature Biles on camera and others where she’ll facilitate other people’s stories.
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