Click here to read the full article.David Beckham is getting the documentary treatment at Netflix, which is in production on a new series set to explore the retired soccer star’s working-class beginnings in London and meteoric rise to becoming one of the most recognized – and scrutinized – athletes of his generation.The series, which was first reported on back in 2020 by British tabloid The Sun, has now been officially confirmed.
It comes with a pair of Oscar winners behind the camera.
Fisher Stevens (Palmer, And We Go Green, The Cove) will direct and serve as executive producer alongside John Battsek (One Day in September, Searching for Sugar Man, Winter on Fire).According to Netflix, the series will feature a mixture of never-before-seen personal archive footage from the last 40 years and interviews with Beckham, his family and friends, as well as key figures who have been part of his journey
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