It’s Welcome to Wrexham on the high seas.
Disney+ has greenlit a new docuseries from Ryan Reynolds and Rob Mac following Reynolds’ and Hugh Jackman‘s Australian sailing team. Reynolds and Jackman, aka Deadpool & Wolverine (of Deadpool & Wolverine) co-own SailGP’s Bonds Flying Roos race team. The series will follow the Flying Roos “across a global racing season defined by speed, pressure and high stakes,” the media announcement reads, “a stadium-style championship where identical 50-foot catamarans race in close-to-shore courses at speeds of up to 100 km/h.”
SailGP, officially known as the Rolex SailGP Championship, is (basically) the sail-racing league. The Aussie team, owned by the X-man (Jackman) and X-men-adjacent (Reynolds) superhero, is led by driver and CEO Tom Slingsby, an Olympic gold medallist, America’s Cup winner and three-time SailGP champion.
“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.
“Following Ryan, Hugh and the SailGP’s Bonds Flying Roos Australian team’s journey gives us
a remarkable inside view of this thrilling sport and what it takes to compete at the highest level. We couldn’t be more excited to bring this story to Disney+ audiences around the world,” said Eric
Schrier, president, direct-to-consumer international originals, strategic programming, and
emerging media.
The docuseries for Disney+ is an Australian Original produced by Reynolds’ 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. The coming series will be available exclusively on Disney+ internationally and on Disney+ and Hulu in the U.S.
