Playing with Power: The Nintendo Story, a five-part documentary series, will premiere on March 1, 2021. As reported by Deadline, this new documentary series is written and directed by Video Games: Jeremy Snead and CEO of the film, produced and narrated by Sean Astin of The Lord of the Rings.Playing with Power: The Nintendo Story features interviews with Wil Wheaton, Alison Haislip, Ron Judy, co-founder of Nintendo of America, Nolan Bushnell, co-founder of Atari, Tom Kalinske, former CEO of Sega of America, former president of Nintendo of America Reggie Fils-Aime. , and Xbox CEO Phil Spencer.
‘Production and directing Play with power was a lifelong ambition of mine as an artist, gamer and filmmaker, ”Snead said. ‘To see that my show not only comes to life with such loving care by my team and I, but also the opportunity to work with such a talented and experienced team as Screen Media and Crackle to bring the series to life. to introduce the public. a dream come true. ”
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Astin discussed how the history of Nintendo’s century-plus was an ‘ambitious goal’, but ‘bit by bit, the series really came together over four years. I think we’ve created a journey of five sections that explore the world of video games and this legendary company in a way most people have never seen before. ”
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2021 seems to be continuing the trend of documentary film games, following the example of 2020 with hits like Netflix’s High Score and CBS All Access’ Console Wars.
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