Steven Cantor’s ‘4 Down,’ the True Story of Nick Schuyler’s Tragic Boating Accident, Backed by Gala Movie

Main Web3 leisure firm Gala Movie has partnered with the manufacturing staff of “4 Down” on an modern financing and distribution deal for a feature-length documentary helmed by Oscar-nominated and Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Steven Cantor.

Primarily based on The New York Instances bestseller “Not With out Hope,” written by Nick Schuyler and Jere Longman, the movie recounts the true story of how Schuyler survived 43 harrowing hours atop an overturned boat within the Gulf of Mexico earlier than his rescue by the U.S. Coast Guard. The tragic boating accident claimed the lives of his finest pal, former College of South Florida tight finish Will Bleakley, and former Tampa Bay Buccaneers teammates Marquis Cooper and Corey Smith.

Gala Movie will finance the documentary, and make it accessible to its on-line neighborhood. Gala Music and Gala Video games are supported by related ecosystems as a method for followers to work together with leisure tasks. Within the case of “4 Down,” Gala Movie’s on-line neighborhood may have early entry to unique interviews, behind-the-scenes footage and hands-on experiences because the filmmakers put the documentary collectively over the following 12 months.

Cantor and Jamie Schutz of Stick Determine Productions, Rick French of Prix Productions, and Stanley Buchthal and David Koh of Dakota Media Group will produce; with Hiram Garcia, Dany Garcia and Dwayne Johnson serving as govt producers on behalf of Seven Bucks Productions, together with Schuyler. Gala founder Eric Schiermeyer and COO Sarah Buxton will govt produce on behalf of Gala Movie.

Pre-production of the documentary commenced final week. The manufacturing staff is making ready the movie for an anticipated 2024 competition run earlier than making it accessible on the Gala platform, theatrically and by way of streaming.

”We couldn’t be extra excited to convey this groundbreaking story from a New York Instances best-seller to an immersive Web3 format with the assistance of the proficient groups at Seven Bucks Productions, Stick Determine, Prix Productions, and Dakota Media Group. Gala Movie is dedicated to delivering fan-first leisure and that is the precise forward-thinking staff to do exactly that,” mentioned Sarah Buxton, COO of Gala.

Cantor was nominated for Greatest Documentary, Brief Topics for “Blood Ties: The Life and Work of Sally Mann” in 1994. In 2022, he received a Primetime Emmy for Distinctive Benefit in Documentary Filmmaking for “When Claude Received Shot.”