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Netflix and Skydance Sports Team Up for Definitive Documentary Series Chronicling Jerry Jones and The Dallas Cowboys

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  • Netflix has teamed up with Skydance Sports and NFL Films in association with Stardust Frames Productions for an upcoming documentary series that tells the definitive story of Jerry Jones and his unique journey in transforming the Cowboys franchise, leading a historic set of players and coaches to three NFL titles in the 1990s, and searing his imprint into the global sports business landscape. Along the way, Jones has become one of the most innovative and influential leaders in sports, with the Cowboys being the most valuable sports franchise in the world.

  • From the Emmy-winning directors of Wild Wild Country and Untold, Chapman and Maclain Way, the Netflix Sports series will explore “America’s Team” through never-before-seen footage and interviews with longtime Cowboys owner, president and general manager Jerry Jones. Additional interviews will include some of the all-time great players, coaches and rivals of the 1990s like Troy Aikman, Michael Irvin, Emmitt Smith, Deion Sanders, and head coaches Jimmy Johnson and Barry Switzer, as well as political and pop culture figures such as President George W. Bush, Nike founder Phil Knight and media mogul Rupert Murdoch.

  • Production Companies: Skydance Sports in association with NFL Films and Stardust Frames Productions

  • Format: 10 x 45 minute episodes

  • Executive Producers:  David Ellison, Jesse Sisgold, Jon Weinbach, Ross Ketover, Ken Rodgers, Jessica Boddy, Keith Cossrow, Chapman and Maclain Way, John Skipper

  • Directors: Chapman and Maclain Way (Untold, Wild Wild Country, The Battered Bastards of Baseball)

  • This is Netflix’s most recent project with the Dallas Cowboys including the recently announced series America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders and their AT&T Stadium being the location to the Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson boxing event that will stream live on Netflix.

Netflix is the premier home for great sports stories as this series joins Netflix's lineup of sports programming, including recent releases like Quarterback, Formula 1: Drive To Survive, Full Swing, NASCAR: Full Speed, Untold, Tour de France: Unchained, Under Pressure: The U.S. Women’s World Cup Team, Six Nations: Full Contact and more. Netflix has partnered with sports leagues including Formula 1, National Football League (NFL), the PGA TOUR, Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), Women's Tennis Association (WTA), Fédération internationale de football association (FIFA), World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and more.