Soccer legend Diego Armando Maradona will be the subject of a new docuseries from Sofia Vergara’s Latin World Entertainment and Dhana Media, Variety reported. In addition to the biographical series Dhana produces together with BTF for Amazon Prime Video, this new documentary series will feature never-before-seen accounts of Maradona’s life from first-hand experiences of his family and his attorney, Matias Morla.
Maradona, who died of a heart attack in November, has been the subject of numerous documentaries and scripted projects during the past months. However, this series touts an exclusive archive, and testimony from the celebrated and controversial athlete’s family. The project will shoot in various cities around the world, where the soccer star resided.
“One thing is what the press and people say, and quite another is what we lived up close. We always stayed on the sidelines of what was said. In his life, my brother had to defend himself from infinite, unfounded slander. But now that he’s not here, it is our duty to clear up falsehoods and leave his memory in peace,” said Elsa Maradona, Diego’s sister.
Netflix’s “Carmel: Who Killed Maria Marta?” creator Alejandro Hartmann will direct the biopic, using access to delicate information related to Maradona’s family matters, FIFA, international political relations involving high authority figures of different organizations, governments, and more.
“No one can imagine everything we went through behind closed doors and the battles we overcame in private. This is a delicate subject matter. I fully trust Mari of Dhana Media to tell the truth of everything we experienced with transparency, and heart. Above all else, I trust them striking the balance between speculation, polemic and reality lived by those few who had the honor of being next to Diego,” Morla commented.
Mari Urdaneta and Liliana Moyano will executive produce for Dhana, with Luis Balaguer executive producing on behalf of Latin World Entertainment. Global distribution will be handled by John Pollak, who has previously worked in distribution at NBCUniversal, Electus, Shine and Reveille.
