The news is official: Netflix will produce the documentary about the life of David Beckham. The events of the coolest English family will no longer be a secret, produced in collaboration with “Studio 99” (the former footballer’s company), the documentary will arrive in streaming in 2022 and will tell the rise of the Manchester United champion and the his beloved family.
An agreement worth almost 18 million euros, the one signed by the Beckhams with the king of world streaming Netflix. A very young and novice David, who plays football in the backyard under the supervision of his beloved father Ted, will open what has already been considered the most anticipated documentary. Not only the words of David himself will tell the rise of Beckham, but a series of unpublished archival footage and interviews with friends, former teammates and relatives. His wife Victoria Beckham and four children Brooklyn, Romeo, Cruz and Harper will share the background of the footballer’s life, from entrepreneurial successes to boundless love for family. A source for the London periodical Sun said the documentary will surprise everyone and tell a completely different side of David that audiences have rarely been able to see.
The consecration of David Beckham as a world icon, entrepreneur, father of a family and sex symbol, will be the subject of the narration through a series of amateur films shot by Beckham himself. His successes will be relived but also his defeats, his most iconic looks and the adventures kept hidden in all these years by prying eyes. But that is not all! In addition to the past history of the champion, between football fields and social events, Netflix cameras will follow today’s David, around the world among his many charity activities and the role of Inter Miami entrepreneur. Victoria, who has always been a partner of the football player, will tell her more human side and their beautiful love story. The two, in fact, have been a steady couple for more than twenty years and have never let the spotlight and gossip weigh on their private life. The documentary will also reveal unpublished images and films of this beautiful adventure for two, from the first dates to the Christmas parties, to the birth of their beloved children.