Amazon Studios Takes Wing With ‘The Blue Angels,’ IMAX Original Documentary On Military’s Elite Aerial Unit

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Amazon Studios is going airborne with a spectacular squadron of the U.S. military. The production-distribution company today announced it has acquired worldwide rights to the IMAX Original Documentary The Blue Angels, directed and edited by Paul Crowder and filmed aloft with “awe-inspiring IMAX cameras.” Bad Robot, Glen Powell’s Barnstorm Productions, Zipper Bros Films, and Dolphin Entertainment produced the documentary. “The Blue Angels follows the newest class of the storied Navy and Marine Corps flight squadron through intense training and into a season of heart-stopping aerial artistry, and the veterans on the team who, this year, will take their final flights,” according to a description of the project. “It marks the first time the iconic blue and yellow F/A-18 Super Hornets will be featured in IMAX.

The film also captures the spectacle of this traveling air show through key members of the support staff on the ground, as well as from loved ones left at home.” One imagines the acquisition wasn’t a hard sell for Amazon executive chairman Jeff Bezos, an aerospace enthusiast and founder of rocket company Blue Origin. “This fascinating and layered documentary is wholly representative of the kind of work ethic, teamwork, and perseverance that goes into being a Blue Angel,” said Brianna Oh, head of documentary features at Amazon Studios. “We are incredibly honored to join this talented filmmaking team in bringing their story to audiences around the world.” John Turner, documentaries chief for IMAX, noted, “The Blue Angels will be the theatrical documentary experience of the year, and we’re thrilled to share it with a global audience.