Rolling Stone & Imagine Documentaries Create Rock and Roll Anthology Series

Deadline reports Rolling Stone and Imagine Documentaries will produce Sound & Vision, a rock and roll anthology series on music and cultural history.

Each episode will be a specific journey through a unique moment in music and cultural history. Framed by the reporting of Rolling Stone, episodes will range from biographical to investigatory of a watershed event or cultural milestone.

"We are thrilled to be taking our fierce and ambitious journalism to a new medium," said Rolling Stone President and COO Gus Wenner. "Imagine is the perfect partner to tell the most important stories in music and culture the way they deserve to be told."

Episodes will feature portraits of Freddie Mercury, Jerry Lee Lewis, Billy Joe Shaver, Florence Welch, the legacy of singer Aaliyah who was tragically killed in 2001 plane crash, and reggae legend Toots and the Maytals, to the meteoric RISE and colossal fall of Soundcloud rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine.

"Music and pop culture run deep in our veins here at Imagine," said Imagine Documentaries President Justin Wilkes. "And we couldn't be more honored and excited to partner with Gus and the team at Rolling Stone on this landmark series event".

The series will be executive produced by Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Wilkes, and Sara Bernstein.

Rolling Stone has shaped journalism, music and pop culture for over 50 years. It has won 15 National Magazine Awards and reaches 60 million people every month across its print, digital, social and video platforms. Most recently, the company produced the two-part documentary Rolling Stone: Stories from the Edge for HBO.

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