{"id":9040,"date":"2016-08-11T10:27:40","date_gmt":"2016-08-11T14:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/amazon-greenlights-american-playboy-the-hugh-hefner-story\/"},"modified":"2016-08-11T13:20:00","modified_gmt":"2016-08-11T17:20:00","slug":"amazon-greenlights-american-playboy-the-hugh-hefner-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/amazon-greenlights-american-playboy-the-hugh-hefner-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Greenlights American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SEATTLE: The new Amazon original docuseries <em>American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story<\/em> will make use of archival footage, interviews and cinematic reenactments to tell the story of Playboy magazine\u2019s founder.<\/p>\n<p>Produced by Stephen David Entertainment and Alta Loma Entertainment, the 13-episode series begins in post-war America and takes us through the launch of Playboy magazine in 1953 and the next six decades of Hefner\u2019s life and career. The series draws from unprecedented access to more than 17,000 hours of footage and 2,600-plus scrapbooks from Hefner\u2019s personal archives.<\/p>\n<p><em>American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story<\/em> will premiere exclusively on Amazon Prime Video in the U.S., U.K., Germany, Austria and Japan in 2017, and be available via the Amazon Video app for TVs, connected devices including Fire TV, mobile devices and online.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough Hugh Hefner is an iconic figure known worldwide, most people may not be aware of the impact he has had on some of this country\u2019s most important social revolutions,\u201d said Conrad Riggs, the head of unscripted at Amazon Studios. \u201cWe are excited to bring Prime members the untold story of Mr. Hefner\u2019s remarkable life and his contributions to modern American history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has been a long road in finding the right partners to tell the full story of Playboy as it has unfolded over these past 63 years, and I believe we have found them in the collaborative team of Stephen David Entertainment and Amazon,\u201d said Hefner. \u201cI\u2019m pleased that this docuseries will shed light on what has been an incredible journey and the voice Playboy has had in the discussion of our ever-changing culture. Just as importantly, my hope is that it will inspire others to pursue their dreams.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo say that Hugh Hefner has lived a \u2018full life\u2019 is an incredible understatement,\u201d added Stephen David, executive producer and president of Stephen David Entertainment. \u201cHefner created more than a magazine\u2014Playboy became a thrilling lifestyle, one that Hef has embodied for the better half of a century. Bringing Hef\u2019s world to life has been an adventure for SDE, and we cannot wait to share it with Prime members.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SEATTLE: The new Amazon original docuseries American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story will make use of archival footage, interviews and cinematic reenactments to tell the story of Playboy magazine\u2019s founder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[618,1431],"class_list":["post-9040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-amazon","tag-hugh-hefner","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Amazon Greenlights American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story - 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\/amazon-greenlights-american-playboy-the-hugh-hefner-story\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Amazon Greenlights American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story - 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