Playing with Power: The Nintendo Story, a five-part documentary series, premieres on Crackle on March 1, 2021. As reported by Deadline, this new documentary series was written and directed by Video Games: The Movie’s Jeremy Snead and was produced and narrated by executives by Sean Astin of Lord of the Rings.Playing with Power: The Nintendo Story will feature interviews from Wil Wheaton, Alison Haislip, Nintendo of America co-founder Ron Judy, Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell, former Sega of America CEO Tom Kalinske, former Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils- Aime, and Xbox boss Phil Spencer.
“Producing and directing Playing with Power it has always been my ambition as an artist, player and filmmaker, ”said Snead. “Seeing my program come to life with such affection through the efforts of my team and me, but also having the opportunity to partner with a talented and experienced team like Screen Media and Crackle to launch the series to the public has just become a dream come true reality.”
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Astin discussed how telling the story of more than a century of Nintendo was an “ambitious goal”, but “little by little, over the course of four years, the series really came together. I think we’ve created a five-episode journey that will open the world of video games and this legendary company in a way that most people have never seen. ”
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2021 seems to continue the trend of video game documentaries and follows the example of 2020, which has had hits like Netflix’s High Score and CBS All Access Wars Consoles.
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