The SpringHill Company and Genius Entertainment Collaborate with Nickelodeon and Awesomeness Films to Produce New Live-Action Movie, Fantasy Football

The SpringHill Company, the empowerment-led media conglomerate spearheaded by LeBron James and Maverick Carter, and Wunderkind and creative mastermind Marsai Martin and Joshua Martin of Genius Entertainment, announced today the production of new original live-action film Fantasy Football, executive produced by Nickelodeon and Awesomeness Films.

In addition, Nickelodeon and Awesomeness Films have announced the start of production on Hush Hush, a film adaptation of Becca Fitzpatrick's New York Times best-selling young adult (YA) novels. Monet Clayton (Every Note Played) is writing the script for Hush Hush, which will be developed by BCDF Pictures and Entertainment 360 in late 2021. Clayton is represented by ICM, Fourth Wall, and Sean Marks, an attorney.

Both films will be directed by Nickelodeon and Awesomeness Films Studio head Syrinthia Studer, are set to be released in 2022.

Fantasy Football and Hush Hush will premiere on ViacomCBS's streaming service, Paramount+, and will be followed by The J Team, which will air on Paramount+ on September 3. The Nickelodeon and Awesomeness Live-Action Film Studio's debut project was The J Team.

About SpringHill Company
The SpringHill Company is a global consumer and entertainment brand founded by LeBron James and Maverick Carter that brings together three companies: UNINTERRUPTED, the Sports Emmy-winning athlete empowerment media, and consumer product company, SpringHill Entertainment, the premium scripted and unscripted film and television production company, and The Robot Co. With a vibrant and varied workforce focused on developing culturally inspired brands, entertainment, and products. The SpringHill Company is designed to be the iconic brand for a new generation.

About Genius Entertainment
Genius Entertainment, established by actress/executive producer Marsai Martin and Joshua and Carol Martin, creates tales that inspire, illuminate, and celebrate the varied lives of girls and people of color.

About Awesomeness
Awesomeness, a ViacomCBS subsidiary, is a media business that serves the global Gen Z audience via its digital publishing, film, and television studio, divisions. With successful content on the world's most extensive streaming platforms, including Netflix, and the company's enormously popular short-form shows on YouTube, Awesomeness has become the destination for young culture, developing a loyal audience with hundreds of millions of views. In addition, awesomeness, as a major media brand, has a global distribution reach that includes owned, social, and premium SVOD platforms. Awesomeness was founded in 2012 and is based in Los Angeles, with additional offices in New York.

About Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon, currently in its 42nd year, is the leading children's entertainment brand. By putting children first in all it does, it has created a diversified, global business. Television programming and production in the United States and around the world and consumer products, digital, location-based experiences, publishing, and feature films are all part of the brand.