Sugar23, Keanu Reeves, UltraBoom & Starbucks Studios Partner On Docu ‘Madwoman’s Game’; Zach Zamboni Directs

EXCLUSIVE: Sugar23, Keanu Reeves, UltraBoom and Starbucks Studios are partnered on Madwoman’s Game, a feature documentary with backdoor pilot aspirations that will be directed by Zach Zamboni, the Emmy-winning showrunner whose work includes the docuseries Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown.

Madwoman’s Game follows the journey of a young Latina chess enthusiast, Bianca Mitchell-Avila, as she explores life’s lessons through the lens of the game.

Reeves and Carla Berkowitz will be executive producers with Starbucks, Sugar23 and UltraBoom Media. Michael Sugar is producing with Matt Rotondo, David Hellman, Michael Siskin and Erik Osterholm. Supervising producer is Angela Almeida, with Alex Anhalt co-producer.

This becomes the first greenlight since Starbucks Studios formed a content partnership with Sugar’s Sugar23. Sugar’s the Oscar-winning Spotlight producer who is leaning in on a program to directly invite brands into the finance and production of narrative and documentary content.