Release date confirmed for Wrexham documentary on Hollywood takeover

The documentary detailing Wrexham's journey following their takeover by a Hollywood duo is to be screened next month.

The series, titled 'Welcome to Wrexham', will be first broadcast in the UK on the Disney+ streaming service and will be available to watch from Thursday, August 25. It will chart the experiences of Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, the A-list pair who completed a deal to buy the Welsh club back in February 2021.

A synopsis promoting the release date said: "Rob McElhenney (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia) and Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool) teamed up to purchase the team in the hopes of turning the club into an underdog story the whole world could root for. The worry? Rob and Ryan have no experience in football or working with each other. That said, they are serious about their investment in Wrexham, improving the club and doing right by the townspeople.

"From Hollywood to Wales, the pitch to the locker room, the front office to the pub, Welcome to Wrexham will track Rob and Ryan's crash course in football club ownership and the inextricably connected fates of a team and a town counting on two actors to bring some serious hope and change to a community that could use it."

It is unclear on how many episodes the series will contain. A promotional trailer for the documentary was released last year which saw Welsh mum Maxine Hughes steal the show.

The 41-year-old answered a flyer asking for a Welsh translator and she ended up starring in a global ad with megastar Reynolds.

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Speaking about her involvement, she said: "It was a nice surprise to learn what it was about because my grandad is from Wrexham and if there's anything I can do to put North Wales on the map, then I'm up for that. For me it's such an important thing for the Welsh language to be heard."

The Dragons missed out in the play-offs in the 2020-21 campaign, just months after Reynolds and McElhenney's takeover.

They then suffered more heartache last season when they were dumped out of the National League play-offs at the semi-final stage after a pulsating 5-4 extra-time loss to eventual winners Grimsby. The club are heavy favourites to bounce back next season, with the bookies pricing them at short odds to finish top and seal an EFL return after 15 years away.

Reynolds and McElhenney have not been shy about their long-term aims, with the latter touching on what would be a remarkable rise to the Premier League, saying: "I don't understand why, if that you can theoretically get there - we clearly have the structure and the system potentially to allow for us to grow at scale - why not dream big?"

McElhenney was also quick to brush off the play-off disappointment with a heartfelt tweet to the club's fans, in which he promised: "We're just getting started," before ending his post with a nod to their global ambitions: "Up the Worldwide Reds."