Birmingham Metropolis FC had been promoted to the English Championship soccer with six video games to spare, a narrative that will probably be advised in a brand new docuseries for Amazon.
The streamer is launching the untitled sequence this summer time, after the membership, which was relegated final season, sealed promotion on the first likelihood after beating Peterborough on Tuesday (April 8).
The sequence has an attention-grabbing group of producers together with Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, who’s a lifelong Blues fan, who will exec produce, and Tom Brady, who purchased a minority stake within the membership in August 2023 and can produce by way of his Faith of Sports activities label. Sony’s Whisper, which counts former F1 driver David Coulthard as a co-founder, will produce alongside Faith of Sports activities.
Digicam crews have adopted the staff, which was final within the English Premier League in 2011, teaching workers and possession all season. This consists of Brady and Birmingham Metropolis’s Chairman Tom Wagner, Co-Founding father of Knighthead Capital Administration. The sequence may also discover the cultural heritage of Birmingham Metropolis and the group across the membership.
The undertaking was conceived by Tom Brady and Faith of Sports activities co-founder, Gotham Chopra, who directs alongside Sven’s Claudia Corbisiero. Knight exec produces alongside Straight Outta Compton producer Matt Alvarez.
“Straight again as much as the EFL championship, and never accomplished but,” Brady stated on Instagram. “NFL followers are getting a crash course within the English soccer pyramid.”
It’s Amazon’s newest soccer docuseries following All or Nothing: Arsenal, We Are Newcastle United and Doubters to Believers Liverpool FC: Klopp’s Period, which is at present not airing within the U.S.
