FX and Disney+ Latin America have ordered a docuseries that will revolve around Club Necaxa , the beloved Mexican soccer team, with Eva Longoria and the “ Welcome to Wrexham ” duo of Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney on board as executive producers and on-air stars. The deal with FX/Disney+ comes three months after Reynolds and McElhenney joined Longoria as investors in Club Necaxa . Filming on the untitled series began today in Aguascalientes, Mexico.
The team recently relocated to that city, known as “land of the good people,” after several rough seasons in Necaxa’s original home of Mexico City. The series will be bilingual in English and Spanish. The untitled series is patterened after FX’s “Welcome to Wrexham” series that chronicled the revitalization of a Welsh soccer team after Reynolds and McElhenney purchased the club in 2021.
Per FX, the series will follow the Necaxa “as they strive to reclaim their place as one of Mexico’s top teams, while their Mexican-American owner Eva Longoria tries to breathe new life into the team by enlisting the help of her high-profile friends including new co-owners Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds.” Reynolds and McElhenney bought into the century-old Club Necaxa with the idea of taking the “Wrexham” template to another country. The pair are working with Longoria and fellow investors Al Tylis and Sam Porter to enhance Club Necaxa’s standing and grow its profile in international sports circles at a time of heighte.
