Morgan Spurlock’s Warrior Poets Enters Development Deal with the AP

NEW YORK: Morgan Spurlock’s production company Warrior Poets has secured unlimited access to the resources of the Associated Press (AP) and its broadcast, digital and mobile assets through a new development deal.

The new agreement allows Warrior Poets to tap into the AP’s library of content to develop new scripted and unscripted projects for film, TV and digital. The AP gathers and distributes news in formats from its operations in 110 countries and coverage across the 50 states.

“Warrior Poets recognizes the value of AP’s accurate, independent and global text, photo and video news reports,” said Michael Dutton, the global director of entertainment products at AP. “We are pleased that their experienced and creative team will be developing original digital and broadcast programming around AP’s editorial content.”

“As filmmakers and TV producers, the opportunity to gain access to AP’s impressive portfolio of material is an unbelievable resource. This agreement will allow us to cultivate a multitude of exciting new projects based on AP’s countless fascinating news stories,” added Morgan Spurlock, the founder of Warrior Poets.