Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds Team Up for Disney+ Sailing Docuseries
The series will follow SailGP’s BONDS Flying Roos, Australia's competitive sailing team.
Tony winner Hugh Jackman is teaming up with his Deadpool co-star Ryan Reynolds for a new Disney+ docuseries about SailGP’s BONDS Flying Roos from Australia. The series will follow the competitive sailing team, co-owned by the pair, as they embark on a "global racing season defined by speed, pressure and high stakes."
In the series, Australian sailors will travel the globe to face elite rivals for the championship, with Jackman and Reynolds in tow. It is led on the water by driver and CEO Tom Slingsby: an Olympic gold medallist, America’s Cup winner, three-time SailGP champion, and one of the most decorated sailors in history.
Blending humor, pressure and behind-the-scenes access, the series captures life inside the demanding sports leagues and is billed as "a stadium-style championship where identical 50-foot catamarans race in close-to-shore courses at speeds of up to 100 km/h."
The docuseries hails from Reynolds' Maximum Effort production company and will be available exclusively on Disney+ internationally and on Disney+ and Hulu in the US.
“This is our first collaboration since Deadpool & Wolverine and we once again anticipate action, comedy, heart but with a lot more water. And (fingers crossed) pirates. We hope there’s pirates in SailGP,” said Jackman and Reynolds, co-owners of the BONDS Flying Roos.
The untitled docuseries for Disney+ is an Australian Original produced by Maximum Effort and Eureka Productions in partnership with SailGP and the BONDS Flying Roos team, with Brent Hodge serving as director and showrunner. Wrexham AFC Co-Chairman and “Welcome to Wrexham” Executive Producer Rob Mac will serve as Executive Producer through his More Better Productions banner.
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