Telefe to Produce Scripted Series About Soccer Star Diego Maradona

BUENOS AIRES: Argentina’s Telefe has partnered with Diego Maradona to produce a scripted series based on the life of the famous soccer player.

The series will be developed for an international audience. Maradona closed the deal with Tomás Yankelevich, Telefe’s audiovisual contents director.

“Each month of my life can take 100 episodes,” Maradona said. “What I went through in my life outdoes fiction. I’m happy and enthusiastic that Telefe will develop this project for the world. It’s the story of my life.”

Yankelevich added: “We’re happy with this agreement because of what Diego Maradona represents all over the world. And we’re also happy because Diego trusted us. It’s a great challenge for the production company to fictionalize the life of the best football player of all time and, probably, the most renowned man in the world. We’re thinking of an unprecedented super production, and to make it true, we’re looking for partners willing to join us. Our expectations are to produce global content, without boundaries.”