A HEART-THUMPING trailer for the eagerly anticipated Matchroom docuseries has been released.
And it features some of the biggest names in the British promotional powerhouses’ stable of sports stars!
GETTYNetflix cameras have been following around Matchroom bigwigs Barry and Eddie Hearn for the last year[/caption]
NETFLIXA trailer for the eagerly anticipated Matchroom documentary has been released[/caption]
NETFLIXThe documentary will lay bare the Hearn’s hectic lives running one of the biggest promotional companies in the world[/caption]
NETFLIXCameras have followed Eddie around at several of the biggest boxing events over the last year[/caption]
NETFLIXThe docuseries is set to give a unique insight into Barry and Eddie’s working relationship[/caption]
Matchroom, which was founded by Barry Hearn in 1982, struck a lucrative deal with streaming titans Netflix last year for a fly-on-the-wall docuseries
Cameras have been following promotional royalty Barry and his successor, son Eddie, around for the last year.
Filming for the much-anticipated series recently wrapped up, with producers working their magic with the hundreds of hours of footage.
The series, which is called ‘Matchroom: The Greatest Showmen’, will hit mobile phone and TV screens on September 17.
And Netflix have released a tantalising trailer promoting the show.
The trailer features appearances from snooker icon Ronnie O’Sullivan and darts superstar Luke Littler.
British and Irish boxing legends Anthony Joshua and Katie Taylor also make appearances in the trailer, which gives a preview of the insight the series will give on the working relationship between Barry and Eddie.
Boxing, darts and snooker fans were abuzz after seeing the promo clip, with one commenting on X: “Will be a really good watch this.
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NETFLIXSnooker icon Ronnie O’Sullivan makes an appearance in the docuseries[/caption]
NETFLIXAs does teenage darts sensation Luke Little[/caption]
“Will see the good and the bad from sports!”
Another said: “This looks class.”
And another said: “Really looking forward to this.”
One remarked: Can’t wait for this.”
Even Barry couldn’t contain his excitement, writing on X: “I think this captures the amazing world we live and work in. Enjoy.”
Documentaries are often guilty of omitting certain aspects of subjects’ lives at their request.
But Barry insists the Netflix show will lay bare everything about the daily lives of the Hearns and their incredibly busy schedules.
He told SunSport last year: “Everything is a completely open book. It’s going to be fun.
“But I’m frightened to have a bath, mate! Because I get up and go, ‘f***ing, who put this microphone on me?’
Everything is a completely open book.”
Barry Hearn on the Matchroom docu-series
NETFLIXThe series will also see Barry and Eddie Hearn discuss the eventual transfer of power at Matchroom[/caption]
“The title is ‘Matchroom: The Greatest Showmen’. It’s going to go out to 500 million homes. They are spending millions and millions.
“The team that are doing it are the ones who did Drive to Survive, so they have a hard act to follow. But they are very excited about it.
“You try to distance yourself from it. It’s a good story. We had Succession, which was almost a take-off of the Murdoch empire.
“Well, we are not at that level but it is a similar theme of an old geezer that starts off something, brings up kids in a different world to what he came from.
“It’s not a power struggle but there are definitely different influences throughout.
“But the company has grown bigger and bigger, it’s a global one rather than a British one.
“There are a lot of good stories.”
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