Facebook Could Pay $10 Million For a Cristiano Ronaldo Reality Show
Facebook is reportedly in discussions with Cristiano Ronaldo for what would be their biggest original series deal to date. According to Variety, the social media giant is planning to produce a reality show about the Real Madrid star and could pay him up to $10 million.
The show would run for 13 episodes and be part of Facebook Watch, the platform’s hub for TV-style content. CAA is reportedly packaging the series, which will be produced by Matador Content and Religion of Sports, a sports-media firm that counts NFL star Tom Brady as one of its founders.
The Portuguese captain is already in business with Facebook, producing a scripted drama series for the social media giant through his newly-launched studio, wiip. The show is about a diverse high-school girls soccer team in upstate New York in the mold of a Friday Night Lights, where the team inspires the community to put aside racial, ethnic, and class differences.
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