FX Networks has dropped the official Welcome to Wrexham trailer, which continues the underdog journey of Welsh football team Wrexham AFC after the club was bought by actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney in 2020. The series is scheduled to make its return on September 12 on FX and Hulu.
The video features Reynolds and McElhenney as they discuss the unprecedented attention and high expectations that Wrexham AFC has garnered. This comes after the club lost its bid for a promotion in the Premier League during the first season.
Check out the Welcome to Wrexham Season 2 trailer below (watch more trailers):
What is Welcome to Wrexham about?
âIn 2020, Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds teamed up to purchase the team in the hopes of turning the club into an underdog story the whole world could root for,â reads the synopsis. âThe worry? Rob and Ryan have no experience in football or working with each other. That said, they are serious about their investment in Wrexham, improving the club, and doing right by the townspeople. From Hollywood to Wales, the pitch to the locker room, the front office to the pub, Welcome to Wrexham will track Rob and Ryanâs crash course in football club ownership and the inextricably connected fates of a team and a town counting on two actors to bring some serious hope and change to a community that could use it.â
Welcome to Wrexham chronicles McElhenney and Reynoldsâ purchase and stewardship of the Welsh football team Wrexham AFC. The docuseries tracks the dreams and people of Wrexham, a working-class town in North Wales, U.K.
The docuseries is executive produced by McElhenney, Reynolds, Nick Frenkel, John Henion, and Boardwalk Picturesâ Andrew Fried, Dane Lillegard, Jordan Wynn, and Sarina Roma. It is produced by Boardwalk Pictures.
