07/28/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 07/29/2026 07:00
Netflix revealed the trailer for the new documentary series, MOURINHO which will launch globally on Netflix from 11th August 2026 .
About MOURINHO
No career in football has generated more masterstrokes, headlines or contradictions. Twenty years on from the night he shocked the sporting world by leading FC Porto to Champions League glory, José Mourinho has gone on to manage some of the biggest clubs on the planet - from Chelsea and Inter Milan to Real Madrid, where he has now returned.
Filmed over two years, MOURINHO tells the story of the man who revolutionised what it meant to be a football manager, charting his rise into one of football's most trophy-laden and outspoken figures - winning league titles in four different countries and lifting the Champions League twice.
With exclusive access to Mourinho himself, alongside candid interviews with Sir Alex Ferguson, John Terry, Iker Casillas, Zlatan Ibrahimović, Didier Drogba, Marcelo, Samuel Eto'o, Javier Zanetti, Frank Lampard, Petr Čech and more of football's greatest names - this three-part documentary goes beyond the headlines and the touchline theatrics to get under the skin of the "Special One."
From BECKHAM producer and double Academy Award-winner John Battsek, and BAFTA and Emmy-nominated director Joe Pearlman ( Robbie Williams; Lewis Capaldi: How I'm Feeling Now ), MOURINHO is a portrait of football's ultimate contradiction: the winner the game can't live without, and can't always live with.
Further details
Launch Date: 11th August 2026
Episodes : 3
Production Company : VENTURELAND
Producer: John Battsek ( BECKHAM ), Miles Coleman ( 99 )
Director: Joe Pearlman ( Lewis Capaldi: How I'm Feeling Now; Robbie Williams; Bros: After The Screaming Stops )
Featuring : New interviews with André Villas-Boas, Claude Makelele, Didier Drogba, Eden Hazard, Frank Lampard, Iker Casillas, Javier Zanetti, John Terry, Luis Figo, Marcelo, Marco Materazzi, Massimo Moratti, Petr Čech, Peter Kenyon, Ricardo Carvalho, Rui Faria, Sami Khedira, Samuel Eto'o, Sir Alex Ferguson, Zlatan Ibrahimović
About Netflix:
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About Ventureland
Founded by Academy Award-winning producer John Battsek ( ONE DAY IN SEPTEMBER, SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN ) and partners Kerstin Emhoff, Ali Brown, and Paul Hunter, Ventureland produces award-winning films and series.
Credits include PGA and BAFTA nominated THE RESCUE (Nat Geo Doc Films); Laura McGann's Emmy-winning THE DEEPEST BREATH (A24/Netflix), Bafta-nominated documentary WHAM! (Netflix); 2024 Academy Award Nominated BOBI WINE: THE PEOPLE'S PRESIDENT (Nat Geo Doc Films). Ventureland also produced Prime Time Emmy and PGA award-winning BECKHAM, a four part series on cultural icon David Beckham.
More recently, Ventureland premiered Amir Bar-Lev's THE LAST FIRST: WINTER K2 at Sundance Film Festival 2026 where it was acquired by Apple.
Ventureland is currently in production on a number of projects and most recently produced the three-part KYLIE doc series for Netflix