Red Arrow Studios International Inks Deals for New Britney Doc

Red Arrow Studios International has secured a raft of international sales for the feature-length documentary Controlling Britney Spears.

A follow-up to Framing Britney Spears, Controlling Britney Spears contains new allegations from insiders with knowledge of the pop icon’s daily life under her controversial conservatorship. It was produced in partnership by The New York Times and Left/Right, a Red Arrow Studios company.

The new documentary has been picked up by Sky (U.K.), Nine (Australia), Crave (Canada), Three (New Zealand), Talpa TV (the Netherlands), VGTV (Norway), TV2 (Denmark), TV4, MTV and C More (Sweden and Finland), Discovery (Italy and the Philippines), Originals Factory (French and German-speaking Europe), HOT8 (Israel), yes-DBS (Israel), TV Nova’s streaming platform Voyo (Czech Republic and Slovakia), Pro Plus (Slovenia), Globo for its GloboPlay streaming service (Brazil) and TVN Grupa Discovery (Poland), including for its streaming platform Player.

Controlling Britney Spears premiered last month on FX and Hulu in the U.S. The film is directed by Samantha Stark, with Liz Day as supervising producer and reporter and Mary Robertson as showrunner.

Tim Gerhartz, president and managing director at Red Arrow Studios International, said: “Just as we experienced with Framing Britney Spears earlier this year, the broadcaster response to this compelling and equally captivating follow-up feature has been phenomenal. Controlling Britney Spears brings more stunning and firsthand revelations about exactly how the conservatorship controlled the pop star’s daily life. The vast lineup of broadcasters we have on board is testament to the importance and powerful insights of this documentary.”