Paramount+ orders Premier League series Days 1s with Damian Lewis
Matthew Vaughn will direct the pilot, his first TV episode, and Cristiano Ronaldo and Thierry Henry executive produce the Brentford-set drama.
Paramount+ has greenlit Days 1s, an English Premier League-focused series, according to screenrant.com. Damian Lewis will star in and executive produce the project, and Matthew Vaughn will direct the pilot and executive produce.
The series follows a gifted young footballer who signs for Brentford F.C. in the Premier League and brings along his longtime friends, his Day 1s. Vaughn is a minority stakeholder in Brentford F.C., the real Premier League club featured in the story.
Cristiano Ronaldo and Thierry Henry are also executive producers, and Dan Mazer serves as showrunner. Days 1s is the first project from UR-MARV Studios, the company Vaughn and Ronaldo recently launched.
Darren Dein's DoubleD Sports is producing in association with Archery Pictures. Doug Ellin and Kris Thykier are attached as executive producers as well.
The Days 1s pilot will mark the first time Vaughn has directed a television episode. He previously executive produced the 2000 TV series Lock, Stock…, a spinoff of Guy Ritchie's 1998 film, and directed, wrote and produced the Kingsman films.
Quick answers
Who stars in Days 1s on Paramount+?
Damian Lewis will star in the series and also serves as an executive producer.
What is Days 1s about?
It follows a gifted young footballer who signs for Brentford F.C. in the Premier League and brings his longtime friends, his Day 1s, with him.
Who directs the Days 1s pilot?
Matthew Vaughn directs the pilot and executive produces. It will be his first time directing a TV episode.