4/25 – Jimmer’s Ready for His Close-up

Brigham Young University star Jimmer Fredette signed a deal with New York-based production company Tupelo-Honey Productions to chronicle his life in the days leading up to the NBA draft, June 23 in Newark. Fredette committed to allow Tupelo-Honey to shoot more than 100 hours of footage over 30 days. The New York-based production company plans to sell online and mobile vignettes and packaged 30-minute TV shows. No programming has been sold yet, but Tupelo-Honey President Cary Glotzer said he’s already been having discussions and plans to sell footage to several outlets. Glotzer plans to produce daily two- to four-minute webisodes, a daily video blog and weekly recap features. After the 30 days, Tupelo-Honey will produce a long-form documentary for a TV channel or theatrical release. Footage is expected to highlight Fredette’s transition from student athlete to NBA player. It will show how Fredette picks an agent — he hasn’t selected one yet. It will show how he keeps up his training. And it will show how he goes about planning his financial future, according to SBJ.

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