Ryan Reynolds and Rob Mac Slide (Tackle) Into Eva Longoria’s ‘Necaxa’ Trailer
Welcome to Necaxa.
On Wednesday, FX revealed the trailer for Eva Longoria’s Necaxa series, a spinoff of Ryan Reynolds and Rob Mac’s Welcome to Wrexham.
We’ll go over this “Rob Mac” thing one more time. The actor and co-owner (along with Reynolds) of the Wrexham AFC team formerly known as Rob McElhenney grew weary of folks mispronouncing his name. So the It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia co-creator (with Glenn Howerton) and star legally changed his name to Rob Mac — and we all just have to be cool with that, OK?
Anyway, this isn’t about those guys (though they are executive producers on Necaxa). At least, it isn’t until they infiltrate the Necaxa trailer trying to speak Spanish. Let’s let Eva handle this one, fellas.
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“Football in Mexico is a language,” Longoria introduces the trailer. “It’s the national language.”
And one that she actually speaks, Rob.
Necaxa, which hails from FX and Disney+ Latin America and follows the Liga MX’s Club Necaxa, is described as “a gripping bilingual docuseries chronicling a turbulent, transformational time marked by staff shake-ups, career-defining injuries and the relentless grit of a football team determined to defy expectations and deliver hope to its city of Aguascalientes, Mexico.”
“Once a powerhouse in Mexican football, Club Necaxa has spent decades navigating instability including relocations and near-constant reinvention,” the series description continues. “Though its legacy has flickered in and out of the national spotlight, a passionate core of diehard supporters continues to believe, clinging to the dream that their beloved ‘Rayos’ will one day rise again.”
Other executive producers on the program include Cris Abrego, Rachelle Mendez, Nicholas Frenkel, Jackie Cohn, George Dewey, Alex Fumero and Diana E. Gonzales. Necaxa is produced by Hyphenate Media Group (Eva’s company), More Better Productions (Rob Mac’s), Maximum Effort (Ryan’s) and 3 Arts Entertainment.
Necaxa premieres on Aug. 7 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on FXX, with episodes available to stream the next day on Hulu and available on Disney+ internationally. Each of the first three Thursdays will see a pair of new Necaxa episodes rolled out — the final four episodes will come out one per week after that until the (TV show’s) season finale on Thursday, Sept. 18.
Watch trailers below, available in English and in Spanish.
