Patrick Mahomes and his household didn’t get a free journey to Disneyland this yr however his workforce is doubling down with the Mouse Home.
ESPN and Disney+ have ordered a docuseries concerning the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs.
The collection comes from Connor Schell’s North Highway-backed Phrases + Footage in affiliation with Skydance Sports activities, which has a take care of the NFL, NFL Movies, Mahomes’ 2PM Productions and Silly Membership Studios, which is the Chiefs’ inhouse manufacturing division.
It is going to inform the story of the workforce’s historical past by entry to its 2024 season, one which resulted in defeat to the Philadelphia Eagles within the Tremendous Bowl. This can be a story that will have been even grander if the workforce might have gained this yr, which might have been a historic threepeat.
The six-part collection, which can premiere later this yr, explores its franchise-record 15-win common season, a third-consecutive Lamar Hunt Trophy as AFC champions and its third straight Tremendous Bowl look, albeit a quite miserable one. It is going to function current-day gamers, coaches, and executives in addition to spotlighting the workforce’s 65-year historical past, courting again to its earliest days in Dallas, Texas, when the workforce was based by Hunt.
Kristen Lappas (Dream On) will direct and is exec produced by Schell, Jason Hehir, Libby Geist and Aaron Cohen showrunner Matt Maxson.
“No workforce in sports activities has been extra charming during the last decade than the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs. To get the possibility to go behind-the-scenes of the workforce’s modern-day dynasty with its signature stars, and weave that story along with the Chiefs’ historical past and incomparable legacy of Lamar Hunt, whose imprint on the membership and the league continues to be felt each Sunday, is a exceptional alternative,” stated Schell. “We’re so excited to be working with ESPN, Skydance Sports activities, 2PM Productions and everybody on the Chiefs group on this collection.”
“ESPN and Disney+ know that sports activities followers are all for tales that take them past the X’s and O’s, and this collection will discover the legacy of the Chiefs franchise whereas additionally showcasing the emotional highs and lows of constructing a championship-winning workforce,” added Burke Magnus, president of content material, ESPN. “From the brilliance of Patrick Mahomes to the management of Andy Reid and the fervour of Chiefs Kingdom, this mission will showcase the drama, depth, and coronary heart that make this workforce a worldwide phenomenon.”
