Amazon To Release Leeds Rhinos Movie Worldwide

Amazon is releasing a film about the Leeds Rhinos' pursuit of a rare "treble."getty images

Amazon will globally release to a film about Super Rugby side Leeds Rhinos "as it battles Netflix in the growing digital market" for sports programs, according to Adam Sherwin of INEWS. Narrated by Leeds-born actor Matthew Lewis, the story of “sacrifice and the agonising pursuit of a legacy” will premier at a sold out screening at the Everyman Cinema in Leeds on April 30, as part of the Leeds Int'l Festival 2018 of new ideas and innovation. It will then be released by Amazon Prime Video in the U.K., Australia and New Zealand, as well as the U.S. and Canada, "where rugby league is a minority interest." It tells the story of the Rhinos' attempt to win a "treble" -- the Super League grand final, the League leaders' shield and the Challenge Cup -- a "landmark which would mark the break-up of the team" (INEWS, 4/20).