Tom Brady to launch Hollywood production company with help from Avengers: Endgame directors… as NFL future remains uncertain
Tom Brady is launching a Hollywood production company as his future with the New England Patriots and NFL career in general remains uncertain.
The 42-year-old six-time Super Bowl Champion is launching multi-platform content company, 199 Productions, according to a Monday report from Deadline.
As always Brady will have a high-powered team around him as his first project under the new banner will see him joining forces with Avengers: Endgame directors Joe and Anthony Russo.
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Money moves: Tom Brady is launching multi-platform content company, 199 Productions, according to a Monday report from Deadline
The Russo brothers’ AGBO Films’ non-fiction group, Wonderburst, is set to produce adventure documentary Unseen Football.
The project will be a love letter to the sport of football as Brady will reportedly be introducing innovative aspects of the game at every level.
Following in the footsteps of the late great Kobe Bryant with Granity Studios, Tom’s new company will be producing original content including documentaries, feature films, and television shows.
Limbo: The announcement comes at an interesting time for the sports superstar as he is set to become a free agent for the first time in his 20-year career on March 18 when the NFL’s 2020 calendar begins
Dynamic duo: As always Brady will have a high-powered team around him as his first project under the new banner will see him joining forces with Avengers: Endgame directors Joe and Anthony Russo (seen together in September)
According to Deadline, 199 Productions has already put together a roster of development projects that include several with the three-time NFL MVP on-camera om stories spanning sports, entertainment and health and wellness.
The company name is an obvious acknowledgement to the fact that Brady as drafted at number 199 by the New England Patriots in 2000 in the second-to-last round.
He has since defied the odds leading the team to six Super Bowl Championships (including four Super Bowl MVPs) and 14 Pro Bowl selections.
The announcement comes at an interesting time for the sports superstar as he is set to become a free agent for the first time in his 20-year career on March 18 when the NFL’s 2020 calendar begins.
Mamba forever: Brady will be following in the footsteps of the late great Kobe Bryant who won an Oscar in the Best Animated Short category for Dear Basketball with Granity Studios, he is seen with wife Vanessa in March 2018
In addition to the Patriots, Brady has reportedly drawn interest from the New York Giants, Los Angeles Chargers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Las Vegas Raiders, and the Tennessee Titans.
As he is the oldest active player in the NFL, retirement is also not out of the question.
Brady is currently married to supermodel Gisele Bundchen as last month they celebrated their 11th wedding anniversary.
Tom and Gisele, now 39, wed in Santa Monica, California on February 26, 2009 with a second ceremony in Costa Rica after they began dating in 2006. They have since welcomed two children into the world: 10-year-old Benjamin and Vivian Lake, aged seven.
The quarterback also has a 12-year-old son with actress Bridget Moynahan named John Edward Thomas Moynahan.
Happy family: Tom is married to supermodel Gisele Bundchen as they are seen with their kids: 10-year-old Benjamin and Vivian Lake, aged seven; he also has a son – John Edward Thomas Moynahan, 12 – with ex Bridget Moynahan