Deep Web: the Untold Story of Bitcoin and Silk Road to Make World Premiere in 2015 on EPIX
September 30 2014 - 10:30AM
Business Wire
EPIX Original Documentary Investigates
Tight-knit and Burgeoning Community Beneath the Visible World Wide
Web
Premium TV network EPIX announced today that the Original
Documentary, Deep Web: The Untold Story of Bitcoin and Silk Road,
will make its World Premiere on the multi-platform service in
2015.
Alex Winter interviews Lyn Ulbricht, the
mother of Ross Ulbricht, who allegedly ran the Silk Road. Photo
credit: Deep Web Productions (Photo: Business Wire)
Deep Web tells the behind-the-scenes story of the un-indexed,
often intentionally hidden content that accounts for at least 96%
of the World Wide Web, focusing on digital currency Bitcoin and
online black market Silk Road.
EPIX viewers will be able to watch the premiere and subsequent
showings on TV, on demand, online, and on any of the hundreds of
digital devices through which the network can be accessed via the
EPIX App.
Central to the film are looks at the rise of Bitcoin, the
fastest growing currency in the world, which is not controlled by
any government, regulating body or financial institution, and the
arrest of Ross William Ubricht, the 26-year-old entrepreneur who is
alleged to be “Dread Pirate Roberts,” the founder of Silk Road.
Deep Web will feature exclusive interviews with the chief
architects of both the Silk Road and the new black markets, as well
as exclusive interviews with Lyn Ulbricht, Ross Ubricht’s mother,
in her first film interview on her son’s arrest, and Joshua Dratel,
Ubricht ’s defense attorney. Other interviewees include Gavin
Andresen, chief scientist at the Bitcoin Foundation, and Andrew
Lewman, the Executive Director of Tor, a suite of tools that allows
users to access content on the Internet anonymously.
“Deep Web is a provocative, illuminating look into an online
world that is hiding in plain sight, and we’re thrilled to present
its World Premiere,” said EPIX President & CEO Mark Greenberg.
“The film takes viewers on a revelatory journey exploring the
secrets of Bitcoin, Silk Road, and other of the Deep Web’s many
mysteries.”
Alex Winter is the writer, director and producer of Deep Web,
with Marc Schiller and Glen Zipper also serving as producers.
Winter and Schiller previously worked together on the documentary
Downloaded, about the rise and fall of Napster. Zipper’s prior
credits include the Academy Award® winning Undefeated and the
Grammy Award® winning Foo Fighters: Back and Forth.
Joining the production are Executive Producer Seth Gordon,
Consulting Producer Andy Greenberg, and Editor Dan Swietlik. Gordon
is the filmmaker behind Horrible Bosses, Identity Thief and The
King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters. He has also served in
producing roles on the documentaries Print the Legend, Mitt,
Freakonomics and Undefeated. Greenberg is a technology reporter for
WIRED, and his book, This Machine Kills Secrets, will serve as
source material for the film. Greenberg has had unrivaled access to
key Deep Web players, such as Julian Assange, and was the first
reporter to interview Ross Ulbricht. Swietlik is a renowned
feature and commercial editor and has collaborated with Michael
Moore on Sicko and Davis Guggenheim on An Inconvenient Truth.
“We could not be more thrilled to have EPIX presenting this
vital film to their wide-reaching audience,” said Schiller.
“Although portrayed as a novel innovation populated by hackers and
techno-geeks, we look forward to sharing how Bitcoin, Silk Road and
the Deep Web have a much richer history with stakes considerably
more grave than the conventional media has reported.”
"The Deep Web embodies some of the most significant and
impactful issues of our time, yet it is largely misrepresented
and misunderstood,” said Winter. “We are excited to be working with
EPIX to bring this extraordinary story to light."
About EPIX
EPIX is a premium movie and original programming entertainment
service delivering the latest movie releases, classic film
franchises, original documentaries, comedy and music events on TV,
on demand, online and on devices. Launched in October 2009, EPIX
has pioneered the development and proliferation of “TV Everywhere.”
It was the first premium network to provide multi-platform access
to its content online at EPIX.com and was the first premium network
to launch on Xbox, PlayStation®, Android tablets and phones,
Windows 8.1 and Roku® players. EPIX is available to authenticated
subscribers on hundreds of devices including Apple® iPads® and
iPhones® and is the only premium service providing all its
programming on all platforms, delivering more movies than any other
premium network, with thousands of titles available for
streaming.
EPIX is a joint venture between Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ:VIA and
VIA.B), its Paramount Pictures unit, Lionsgate (NYSE:LGF) and
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM). Through relationships with
cable, satellite and telco partners, EPIX is available to over 50
million homes nationwide. For more information about EPIX, go
to www.EPIX.com. Follow EPIX on Twitter @EpixHD
(http://www.twitter.com/EpixHD) and on Facebook
(http://www.facebook.com/EPIX), YouTube (http://youtube.com/EPIX),
Instagram (http://instagram.com/EPIX), Google+
(http://plus.google.com/+EPIX) and Pinterest
(http://pinterest.com/EPIX).
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