ROONEY THE MOVIE
NEW DOCUMENTARY FEATURING RAMS BOSS WAYNE ROONEY OUT IN NEXT YEAR
AMAZON Prime has announced plans to screen a documentary about Derby County manager Wayne Rooney early next year.
The streaming firm has revealed a trailer for the show, which will chronicle Rooney’s beginnings in the junior leagues of his home city Liverpool to becoming Manchester United’s record goalscorer and delve into his personal life.
Prior to joining Derby in January last year, Rooney was with DC United in the United States of America’s Major League Soccer setup.
He moved to the American capital from Everton in 2018, having returned to his boyhood club after 13 years at Manchester United.
While with Manchester United he scored 250 goals in 544 matches to surpass Bobby Charlton as the club’s top goalscorer.
Now at the Rams, Rooney became the club’s manager on a temporary basis in November last year upon Phillip Cocu’s departure. He was given the job on a permanent basis in January. “Rooney’ is an honest and intimate documentary about one of the country’s most famous sports stars who has faced untold pressure from a very young age,” Amazon’s head of content at Prime Video UK Martin Buckland said.
“Prime members will get to hear from Wayne himself on the events and moments that shaped who he was as a player and who he is as a man.”
Of his early life, Rooney can be heard saying: “I was brought up to fight for my place to play, fight for everything. That will never leave me. “The area I grew up in, Croxteth; if you’re from there you don’t feel it’s a battling place.
“I weren’t the nicest of kids. I had a lot of fights when I was younger.”
Coleen Rooney is seen saying: “I forgive him, but it wasn’t acceptable” in relation to her husband Wayne Rooney’s past behaviour.
Footage for the upcoming Amazon Prime Video project, titled Rooney, shows snippets of the former Manchester United star with his family and also features interviews with famous names from the world of football including Gary Neville and Thierry Henry.
Coleen, 35, and the England international, also 35, were childhood sweethearts and married in a lavish ceremony in June 2008 when they were both 22.
She says in the nearly three-minute trailer: “I knew groups Wayne was hanging around with – together with alcohol – not good.”
Coleen later says: “I forgive him, but it wasn’t acceptable.”
The couple have four sons – Kai, Cass, Klay and Kit – and Coleen has enjoyed success as a businesswoman and author.
In the trailer, Rooney says: “People still look at me in a different way. For me, it’s important that people remember me for who I am, rather than what I’ve done”.
Former England star David Beckham is also featured and describes Rooney as “without doubt one of the best players that this country has ever had”.
The trailer debuted at the Prime Video Presents Sport 2021 event where Amazon presented updates and announcements across its premium live sports, film and TV series.
Rooney will launch worldwide exclusively on Prime Video in early 2022
It’s unlikely Derby will feature much as the documentary focuses on Rooney’s rise to become one of the best strikers in the world.
Meanwhile at Pride Park Rooney continues to navigate Derby through uncharted territory with the club in administration.
Derby were deducted 12 points and plunged to the bottom of the Championship table but the club’s form has been good since the bombshell announcement.
Rooney has taken the Rams out of negative points with two wins and a draw from the four games since.