The site is known The Athletics who will report this on Tuesday morning.
Disney and Manchester United are said to be in talks for a deal that could be worth millions. Disney wants to make a documentary series about the Premier League club, but the main focus will not be on United today.
According to sources close to the talks, it will be a series that focuses on the club’s successful period under Sir Alex Ferguson. The Scot managed the club for 26 years and won a total of 38 trophies in those years.
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If the series comes to fruition, there will likely be new and exclusive interviews with the 82-year-old Scotsman.
– Early stage
Others who are likely to take part in the series, according to The Athletic, are club heroes such as Bryan Robson and Peter Schmeichel. However, both Ferguson and his former players must agree to a deal if the parties are to go ahead with the plan for a series.
The project is currently at an early stage and it is expected that United would like some control over the production, writes The Athletic.
The big club still hopes that Disney will raise even more money than is currently proposed, so no firm agreement has yet been decided between the parties for the documentary series.
That amount must be a lower amount in the millions (in pounds), ie lower than what Disney United initially offered when the parties first talked about the possibilities of making a TV series. United, for its part, wants a better financial deal to get additional income to be competitive in football and stay within football’s financial rules.
It recently emerged that another streaming service, Amazon Prime, is making a documentary about Manchester United’s 1998/99 treble, which saw Ferguson’s men win the Premier League, FA Cup and League One of the Champions.
More TV series
The series celebrates 25 years since the event took place and is a three-part series. In the series, the likes of Ferguson, David Beckham, Paul Scholes and Gary Neville will be reunited. However, the deal with Amazon Prime was not negotiated by Manchester United so the club will not make a lot of money from it.
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Disney, through the streaming service Disney +, has produced several sports documentaries in recent years. The series “Welcome to Wrexham”, among other things, has been very successful both in the US and internationally. In the series, we can follow the Hollywood duo Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney in their quest to bring the Welsh club Wrexham up the pyramid in English football.
Several football clubs have participated in several TV series in recent years and the series “All or Nothing” at Amazon Prime in particular has been very successful. Clubs such as Arsenal, Tottenham and Manchester City have all been part of the documentary series.
At the moment, a TV series is also being made about Liverpool and the last few months with Jürgen Klopp as manager.
2024-04-23 14:03:33
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