Boy George and Bunim/Murray Productions (BMP), producers of longstanding reality franchises Real World, PROJECT RUNWAY and Keeping Up with the Kardashians, are partnering with Boy George's Manager Paul Kemsley and award-winning producer Cindy Cowan to develop a reality docu-series chronicling the icon's move from London to Los Angeles.
"If Marge Simpson met
Dolly Parton and went dancing with Ziggy Stardust, it wouldn't come close to what you'll see. Why now...why not? Why me...who else?" said
Boy George.
Universally recognized as one of the music scenes most iconic artists,
Boy George has maintained a worldwide presence for the past 30 years, having sold over 100 million singles and more than 50 million albums as a performer and songwriter with 80's super group
Culture Club and as a solo artist in his own right. He is one of the world's most successful and in-demand international DJs touring extensively across the globe. The docu-series will capture his new life in America, including dating, house hunting, embarking on Culture Club's North American tour, managing Brando, his pop group, launching a vegan food line and juggling visiting family members. The intent is to begin shooting this summer when
Boy George arrives in LA.
"
Boy George is a musical and cultural icon, and it's about time someone captured his story," said Gil Goldschein, Chairman and CEO of BMP. "We are experts in producing celeb-reality docu-series, and we couldn't be more excited with the opportunity to tell this story with the right broadcast partner."
"This series will give viewers unprecedented access to his life as he launches his first tour in years and lets the cameras capture this next chapter of his life and career," added Jeff Jenkins, EVP of Development and Programming at BMP, who will oversee production of the series.
"I'm excited for George to partner with Bunim/Murray. They are the best at what they do and he's the best at what he does. A cultural icon embracing the world we live in and opening the doors to his life as he moves to the States will capture the nation's heart," said Paul Kemsley.
"I could not be more excited to partner with a great group like Bunim/Murray and to let the world get a glimpse inside the man behind the icon. Get ready, you are in for a ride!" said Cindy Cowan.
Boy George's Manager Paul Kemsley, and Cindy Cowan, producer of such films as Very Bad Things, Savior and Red Lights, brought the project to Bunim/Murray Productions.
Boy George, Paul Kemsley, Cindy Cowan and Bunim/Murray's Gil Goldschein and Jeff Jenkins will serve as Executive Producers.
About Bunim/Murray Productions
Bunim/Murray Productions is the leading producer of innovative entertainment content. The Emmy Award-winning company is widely credited with creating the reality television genre with its hit series The Real World (30 seasons on MTV). BMP continued to innovate with the first reality game show, Road Rules (MTV), in 1995; the first reality sitcom, The Simple Life (E!), in 2003; and the first reality soap opera, Starting Over, in 2003. Bunim-Murray's programming also includes Keeping up with the Kardashians, Kourtney and Khloe Take The Hamptons, Dash Dolls, Stewarts & Hamiltons and
TOTAL DIVAS (E!), The Real World and The Challenge (MTV),
PROJECT RUNWAY and
PROJECT RUNWAY All Stars (Lifetime),
LOVE THY SISTER (WE tv), and Bad Girls Club, Bad Girls All Star Battle, and
BEST INK (Oxygen). Bunim/Murray Productions has also produced films, including Valentine Road (HBO), Pedro (MTV) and the Emmy Award-winning Autism: The Musical (HBO). Bunim/Murray Productions has launched additional entities including BMP Films, BMP Digital and BMP Latin. Based in Van Nuys, CA, Bunim/Murray Productions was founded in 1987 by Jonathan Murray and the late Mary-Ellis Bunim, who were inducted into the
Television Academy of Arts & Science's Hall of Fame in 2012. The company joined Banijay Group in 2010.
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