Prime Video orders tennis drama with Andre Agassi as producer
Prime Video has commissioned Rally. It's a drama about competitive junior tennis. Eight-time Grand Slam champion Andre Agassi is executive producing.
Prime Video has ordered Rally, a young adult drama set at an elite tennis academy. Writer Julie Plec created The Vampire Diaries and We Were Liars.
The series is inspired by the real world of competitive junior tennis. Eight-time Grand Slam champion Andre Agassi will serve as executive producer.
This is his first major producing role. Plec said she got the idea from watching her own children train at the IMG Academy.
They experienced intense pressure and heartbreak in elite junior tennis. The series explores what ambitious young players discover.
Tennis is the loneliest sport in the world. It demands giving up relationships that might make winning worth it.
- Julie Plec
- Series creator
- Andre Agassi
- Executive producer
- Eight-time champion
- Agassi's Grand Slams
- IMG Academy
- Inspiration source
Why it mattersA major streaming service is backing this high-profile drama. It has an authentic voice from tennis. This means more investment in quality storytelling about sport.
AustraliaNo direct Australian effect yet, though the series will stream globally on Prime Video and may feature Australian actors or draw Australian audiences.
Corroborated byvariety.com
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