ESPN, Disney+, and Skydance Sports activities are in growth on a docuseries in regards to the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs.
Directed by Kristen Lappas and produced by a lot of the the crew behind The Final Dance, the six-parter will have a look at the historical past of the storied NFL crew. There’s additionally a deal with the 2024 season which ended with the Philadelphia Eagles simply profitable over the Chiefs by a rating of 40-22 at Tremendous Bowl LIX.
“ESPN and Disney+ know that sports activities followers are curious about tales that take them past the X’s and O’s, and this sequence will discover the legacy of the Chiefs franchise whereas additionally showcasing the emotional highs and lows of constructing a championship-winning crew,” Burke Magnus, president of content material, ESPN, stated in an announcement on Friday.
The unique ESPN docuseries additionally follows the NFL partnering with David Ellison’s Skydance to launch the sports-focused leisure enterprise Skydance Sports activities. The docuseries shall be produced by Phrases + Photos in affiliation with Skydance Sports activities, NFL Movies, 2PM Productions, and Silly Membership Studios – the Chief’s personal manufacturing studio launched to develop scripted and unscripted content material.
The Chiefs have already expanded within the TV area with final 12 months’s Hallmark Channel movie Vacation Landing: A Chiefs Love Story; and with the web claymation quick A Kingdom Christmas Story: Hail Merry. The newest docuseries is predicted to debut later this 12 months on ESPN and Disney+.
With footage from the 2024 season, the sequence will embody interviews with gamers, coaches and crew execs, all adopted on and off the sector.
“No crew in sports activities has been extra fascinating over the past decade than the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs. To get the possibility to go behind-the-scenes of the crew’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 remains to be felt each Sunday, is a outstanding alternative,” stated Connor Schell, government producer and founding father of Phrases + Photos, stated in an announcement.