{"id":8386,"date":"2016-03-10T12:39:55","date_gmt":"2016-03-10T17:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/fremantlemedia-international-to-distribute-serena-williams-doc\/"},"modified":"2016-03-10T14:18:18","modified_gmt":"2016-03-10T19:18:18","slug":"fremantlemedia-international-to-distribute-serena-williams-doc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/fremantlemedia-international-to-distribute-serena-williams-doc\/","title":{"rendered":"FMI to Distribute Serena Williams Doc"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON: FremantleMedia International (FMI) has acquired the global\u00a0distribution rights for the documentary <em>Serena<\/em>, about the tennis legend.<\/p>\n<p>The documentary from the U.S.-based Film45 offers an\u00a0in-depth look into Serena Williams\u2019s life during the 2015-16 tennis season, beginning with her win at the 2015 Australian Open Finals. <em>Serena<\/em> is executive produced by the award-winning Peter Berg (<em>Lone Survivor<\/em>, <em>Friday Night Lights<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>Hayley Dickson, the senior VP and head of global non-scripted acquisitions at FremantleMedia International, commented, \u201c<em>Serena<\/em> is a remarkable portrayal of a sporting inspiration who we\u2019ve come to know and love for her \u2018Serena Slams,\u2019 ambition and fierce competitiveness on court. The documentary is incredibly poignant, beautifully made, and we\u2019re thrilled to be working with Peter and the team at Film45 on the title. Their ability to tell fascinating stories in a creative and captivating manner is unparalleled.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON: FremantleMedia International (FMI) has acquired the global distribution rights for the documentary Serena, about the tennis legend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":477,"featured_media":8387,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[636,327,637,638],"class_list":["post-8386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-film45","tag-fremantlemedia-international","tag-serena","tag-serena-williams","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>FMI to Distribute Serena Williams Doc - TVREAL<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/fremantlemedia-international-to-distribute-serena-williams-doc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FMI to Distribute Serena Williams Doc - TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"LONDON: FremantleMedia International (FMI) has acquired the global distribution rights for the documentary Serena, about the tennis legend.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/fremantlemedia-international-to-distribute-serena-williams-doc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-03-10T17:39:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-03-10T19:18:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/09\/Serena-FMI-316.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sara Alessi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sara Alessi\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/fremantlemedia-international-to-distribute-serena-williams-doc\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/fremantlemedia-international-to-distribute-serena-williams-doc\/\",\"name\":\"FMI to Distribute Serena Williams Doc - TVREAL\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-03-10T17:39:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-03-10T19:18:18+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/3a30a856ec6d9cc2372bf054d26a0418\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/fremantlemedia-international-to-distribute-serena-williams-doc\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/fremantlemedia-international-to-distribute-serena-williams-doc\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/fremantlemedia-international-to-distribute-serena-williams-doc\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"FMI to Distribute Serena Williams Doc\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\",\"name\":\"TVREAL\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/3a30a856ec6d9cc2372bf054d26a0418\",\"name\":\"Sara Alessi\",\"description\":\"Sara Alessi is the associate editor of World Screen. 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