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KSI: In Real Life to Launch Exclusively on Prime Video on 26th January
Executive Produced by Louis Theroux and Mindhouse Productions, the film dives into the origin story of online icon KSI, with the key art and a first look clip available now
Download hi-res key art HERE and first-look clip HERE
LONDON, UK – 26 December 2022 – Prime Video today announced that KSI: In Real Life will launch exclusively on Prime Video in over 240 countries and territories worldwide on 26th January 2023. JJ (KSI) has been a lifelong Gooner, so it fits that the key art was released to fans during the Arsenal v West Ham game today.
On the eve of the release of his second album one of the world’s most influential young men, YouTube star KSI, is riding high in his career but running on empty in his private life. With over a decade in the spotlight, Olajide Olatunji (JJ to his friends) has defied the odds and scored a series of unexpected victories in the worlds of business, music, and boxing. But success has come at a price – pushing away his parents, fraying his relationship with his girlfriend and falling out with his brother.
In Real Life dives into the origin story of this online icon, his beginnings in Watford, his school failures, and his early adoption of a new platform called YouTube. As KSI, he perfected a character that connected with kids in bedrooms around the world. But the KSI persona could also be ruthless and single-minded, leaving the man behind the mask lonely and isolated.
In the midst of a sell-out UK tour, JJ reaches crisis point. Questioning what love is and whether he is capable of it, he starts to re-evaluate his life, then takes action to repair his relationships with those closest to him. With unique and unfiltered access to the global megastar, the film confronts questions about family, fame, the internet, and overcoming trauma. It is both a revealing portrait of the rise and rise of the ultimate influencer and a warts-and-all look at a young man working out who he is while the whole world watches.
The director is Wes Pollitt (The Last Miners, Murder 24/7) the producer is Sophie Grant (The Last Miners, Superkids: Breaking Away from Care) and the executive producers are Louis Theroux (Altered States, My Scientology Movie, Shooting Joe Exotic) and Barnaby Coughlin (Inside Tatler, Sound of Musicals, First Dates). On production management, Donna Ferry is the production executive (This is Football, Stylish with Jena Lyons) and Hannah Ramsey is the line producer (The Met: Policing London, Louis Theroux: Mothers on the Edge).
Prime Video publicity contact:
Sophie Spirit | spiritso@amazon.co.uk
Kirsty Ellis | kirsty.claridge@amazonstudios.com
The Academy | AmazonPrimeVideo@theacademypr.com
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KSI: In Real Life represents Prime Video’s growing UK Original slate, along with new UK-produced series and movies launching in 2023. These include; 007’s Road to a Million, an unscripted adventure series inspired by James Bond; the highly anticipated second series of Clarkson’s Farm which shows another year in the life of Diddly Squat farm as Britain’s best-known but least qualified farmer Jeremy Clarkson returns with his rag-tag band of agricultural associates; How to Date Billy Walsh, a British high school romantic comedy film; Gassed Up, London based action thriller film; stranger than fiction docuseries The Greatest Show Never Made and Fake Sheikh; psychological thriller and twisted love story Wilderness; and Fifteen Love, a drama series set in the world of elite tennis. Prime Video offers thousands of popular movies and TV shows, award-winning Amazon Originals and other exclusives, sports, and more including other UK-produced Amazon Originals such as The Grand Tour, All or Nothing: Tottenham Hotspur, All or Nothing: Arsenal, The Devil’s Hour, Mammals, Jungle and James May: Our Man In Italy, US hits like The Boys and Reacher as well as exclusive TV shows like Star Trek: Picard, Nine Perfect Strangers and Little Fires Everywhere; movies like Coming 2 America, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, and BAFTA-nominated Everybody’s Talking About Jamie; plus live sport including live coverage of Premier League football matches, Autumn Nations Series international rugby union, plus exclusive coverage of US Open, ATP Tour, and WTA Tour tennis. All available at no additional cost as part of Prime Video, which is available in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide (offers and titles vary based on location).
About Mindhouse
Mindhouse Productions was founded in October 2019 by filmmakers Louis Theroux, Arron Fellows and Nancy Strang to tackle thought-provoking and complex subjects in intelligent and entertaining ways. Amongst recently announced commissions, Lockerbie (w/t) is a three-parter for Sky Documentaries about Britain’s deadliest terrorist atrocity and Gods of Tennis (w/t) is a three-part BBC Two series celebrating the Wimbledon Championships, following the success of Gods of Snooker for BBC Two which was Grierson nominated for Best Sports Documentary.
Other recent projects have included BBC One’s Joe Wicks: Facing My Childhood shining a light on parental mental health issues; BBC Two’s three-part documentary series Louis Theroux’s Forbidden America; and BBC Three’s Eddie Hall: The Beast v The Mountain which quickly became one of the channel’s most viewed programmes of the year so far.
Following the success of acclaimed Channel 4 series Sex Actually with Alice Levine, it has been re-commissioned for a second series on Channel 4.
Other credits include 20 episodes of Grounded with Louis Theroux, a podcast for BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds, which secured Gold in the British Podcast Awards; Sky’s four-part series The Bambers: Murder at the Farm; BBC Two’s Louis Theroux: Shooting Joe Exotic; and Louis Theroux: Life On The Edge, BBC Two’s four-part career retrospective looking back at a body of work spanning 25 years.
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