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Dunking Devils to make TV series for Mark Zuckerberg

Moments from the filming of the Fly Guys series

Acrobats Dunking Devils, who recently opened the largest Slovenian trampoline park Woop! Ljubljana, in parallel with the opening of the park, they worked hard on another project, with which they push the boundaries. They filmed a 10-part web series to launch Facebook's Facebook Watch platform, which will compete with online TV providers like Netflix, YouTube and Amazon Prime. Namely, Zuckerberg financed the production of a short selection of shows that will enrich the initial content offer. He also selected Dunking Devils and F&B Acrobatics as first creators, and together with the online channel People Are Awesome, they created the Fly Guys series.

Facebook Watch, Facebook's new online TV platform, is Zuckerberg's imagination, how to beat competitors YouTube, Netflix and Amazon Prime. When launching its TV platform, Facebook financed the production shortlist of shows, which will enrich the initial content offer and encourage others to create. He gave the opportunity only to the best creators, such as: Bear Grylls from the reality show The Incredibles, Mike Rowe, who is known for the series Dirty Jobs, media houses National Geographic, Business Insider, Vice, BuzzFeed and Hollywood stars To Bill Murray, Jessica Alba, Elizabeth Olsen and To Orlando Bloom. Zuckerberg was also invited to join this select company Slovenian acrobats Dunking Devils and F&B Acrobatics, which are together with the channel People Are Awesome created a 10-part series Fly Guys. Facebook Watch as a platform is already available in the USA, but it will be here available soon. Despite this, Slovenians can already view the content published on the platform, including the first ones two episodes of the series Fly Guys.

Fly Guys, a 10-episode acrobatic documentary series, was filmed by Dunking Devils for 2 and a half months in ten different locations. As many as nine episodes are filmed in Slovenia: in Koper, Ljubljana, Lake Bloš, the Verd quarry, Snežnik Castle, Velika Planina, the Museum of Slovenian Railways... In each of the ten 12- to 15-minute episodes, the boys imagine a performance never-before-seen acrobatics that take the audience's breath away. The camera follows them through planning, trials and failures, until the successful performance of the stunt. Although only the second part was published, the series has already exceeded 4 million views.

Gallery - Snapshots from the filming of the Fly Guys series

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