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The Gonzaga Bulldogs are ready for their close-up.
Focusing on college basketballs perennial Cinderella team, sports documentary feature Gonzaga: The Slipper Still Fits is set to debut as a Tubi Original on March 6, The Hollywood Reporter has exclusively learned. Director David Checks feature marks the second project hailing from the FAST platforms partnership with Teton Ridge Entertainment, following Tubis launch earlier this month of womens college basketball documentary The Moment.
Gonzaga: The Slipper Still Fits centers on how head coach Mark Few turned the small college program into a national powerhouse that became a regular contender in the NCAA Division I mens basketball tournament known as March Madness. The film includes interviews with such prominent figures as Few and Steve Kerr, along with Gonzaga alums John Stockton, Adam Morrison, Chet Holmgren, Andrew Nembhard, Jalen Suggs and Domantas Sabonis. blogherads.adq.push(function () { blogherads .defineSlot( 'medrec', 'gpt-article-mid-article-uid0' ) .setTargeting( 'pos', ["mid-article1","mid-articleX","mid","mid-article"] ) .setTargeting( 'viewable', 'yes' ) .setSubAdUnitPath("ros\/mid-article") .addSize([[300,250],[2,2],[300,251],[620,350],[2,4],[4,2],[320,480],[620,366]]) .setClsOptimization("minsize") ; }); Related Stories Business TKO Tees Up Blockbuster 2026 As It Reports Fourth Quarter Earnings TV Tubi Exec Says Audiences "Don't Really Care" if Content Is Made by Professionals, Creators or Users
Thomas Tull produces the movie that hails from Teton Ridge Entertainment and Words and Pictures. Jillian Share, Josh Miller, Connor Schell, Jonathan Hock, Libby Geist, Alexa Conway and Angela T. ONeal serve as executive producers. Negotiating the deal were Miller and Jessica McCourt for Teton Ridge Entertainment and Ian Nelson for Tubi. The trailer can be seen below.
Were thrilled to expand our partnership with Teton Ridge Entertainment with Gonzaga: The Slipper Still Fits, says Tubi senior vp of content acquisitions and partnerships Sam Harowitz. The Gonzaga story resonates beyond the court and has the power to shape culture, and were proud to bring Coach Fews remarkable legacy to our audience with this compelling documentary. blogherads.adq.push(function () { blogherads .defineSlot( 'medrec', 'gpt-dsk-tab-mid-article2-uid1' ) .setTargeting( 'pos', ["mid","mid-article2","mid-articleX"] ) .setTargeting( 'viewable', 'yes' ) .setSubAdUnitPath("ros\/mid-article2") .addSize([[300,250],[300,251],[620,350],[2,4],[4,2],[320,480],[620,366]]) .setClsOptimization("minsize") ; });
The films title references announcer Gus Johnson exclaiming, The slipper still fits, after a key win during Gonzagas 1999 March Madness run. The Bulldogs were the runner-up in the national championship games of 2017 and 2021.
Adds Teton Ridge Entertainment president Share, At Teton Ridge Entertainment, we look for stories that reveal something bigger about who we are. We saw that in Gonzaga — a program built on grit, humility and an unshakable belief that where you come from doesnt define where you end up. Working with Tubi, weve created a documentary that captures that spirit.
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