YouTube In Spotlight As Gale Anne Hurd & Alex Winter Team Up For Doc On Video Platform

Valhalla Entertainment, Trouper Productions and Zipper Bros. Films have kicked off production on upcoming documentary Mass Effect: The Story of YouTube, Deadline hears. Directed and produced by Alex Winter (Bill & Ted Face The Music, Showbiz Kids), with Gale Anne Hurd and Glen Zipper also on board as producers, Mass Effect will be a gripping, frightening and, at times, hilarious look at the video-streaming platform, examining its humble origins within a pizzeria attic, and how it went on to become the largest media platform in history. While looking at cultural phenomena like cat videos, the doc will also dig into weighty issues associated with YouTube. Offering access to key players in technology, business, media and politics, it will specifically tackle such subjects as surveillance, algorithmic capitalism, online radicalization, and the spread of fake news. Related Story YouTube Shorts, A Response To TikTok, Launches Beta In U.S. “I’m very excited to be partnering with Gale Anne Hurd and my long-time producing partner Glen Zipper on this film,” said Winter. “I’ve been eager to make another tech-related documentary, and the rise of YouTube is one of the most significant cultural and business stories of our time.” “Mass Effect is both an inspirational and cautionary tale…
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