Paramount+ Sets Boyband Documentary Premiere

Larger Than Life: Reign of the Boybands is slated to premiere on Paramount+ in the U.S., Canada, Latin America and Brazil on November 12.

Produced by MTV Entertainment Studios in partnership with Gunpowder & Sky, the documentary delves into the evolution of boybands, highlighting the genre’s history from the groundbreaking influence of The Beatles to the groups of the 1990s, 2000s and the present. The title will also debut internationally in the U.K., Australia, Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland and Austria.

Told through those artists who experienced it firsthand, the managers who orchestrated their rise and other key music players, Larger Than Life offers an inside look at the era’s defining boy bands. Featured personalities who discuss their journeys include AJ McLean, Chris Kirkpatrick, Donnie Wahlberg, Donny Osmond, Jeff Timmons, HANSON, Lance Bass, Michael Bivins, Nick Lachey and more.

Larger Than Life is produced by music manager Johnny Wright and Van Toffler for Gunpowder & Sky, alongside executive producers Barry Barclay, Floris Bauer and Joanna Zwickel for Gunpowder & Sky and Bruce Gillmer, Vanessa WhiteWolf and Michael Maniaci for MTV Entertainment Studios. Tamra Davis (Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child) directs.