An animated series inspired by Lionel Messi’s childhood years, Messi and The Giants, has been announced. The production will be released on Disney+, and 12-year-old Messi will find himself in a parallel universe, where he will face various challenges to find a way out of this world.
In the series, Leo’s most important advantage will be the soccer skills he is known for in real life. The production will adapt Messi’s soccer abilities into an adventure in a fantastical world. Lionel Messi will not only inspire the project through his character; he will also be among the animation’s producers.
The release date for Messi and The Giants has been announced as summer 2027.
Why it matters
The project shows that athlete biographies can be explored not only in documentary or true-life-story formats but also within fantastical fiction. Messi’s involvement among the producers suggests that personal experience will be brought directly into the project regarding how the character and his soccer skills will be transferred to the screen. The choice of Disney+ creates a distribution framework that could allow the series to reach animation and fantasy-adventure audiences as well as soccer viewers. However, it is not yet clear how the fictional story set in a parallel universe will be balanced with elements inspired by Messi’s real life, or to what extent the production will place his childhood at the center. The selection of summer 2027 as the release period shows that the project has a long preparation process ahead of it before completion.
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