The team of the children’s animated series Messi and the giants (Messi and the Giants), inspired by the footballer Lionel Messi and which will be broadcast by Disney+published the first trailer of the production. The preview features the actor Milo Burgesswho lends his voice to the Argentine star; In addition, it presents the main musical theme, performed by the artist luck ra.
Executive producers Lacey Stanton and Bryan Korn, representing Sony Pictures Television; Director Dan Creteur (Atlantis Studios) and executive producer Sergi Reitg, vice president of Sony Music Vision Latin Iberia, revealed the material this Friday during the second day of Comic-Con Málaga.
The story follows Liona 12-year-old boy who becomes trapped in a parallel reality ruled by giants.
Milo Burgess He assured that he was satisfied with the result of his interpretation: “We had to get the role right. Our Leo had to be special like Lionel Messi.”
In a video, Burgess described it as a “dream” to be the voice of the footballer in the series, a journey that he defined as “epic”, since “it has fierce giants, a robot ball… and even a lizard that plays the guitar!”
After confessing that the part that excites him most is football, with “plays from another planet,” he said: “I know it will inspire everyone to face their own giant.”
The soundtrack of the series
The main song of the animated series, titled Come on, come on, handswill be played by Argentine star Luck Ra. “It’s a great song,” said producer Bryan Korn.
The soundtrack is provided by Sony, which included producer Andy Clay, creator of hits for Bad Bunny, Karol G, Marc Anthony and Alejandro Sanz, among others.
Regarding the origin of the proposal, Sergi Reitg, executive producer, pointed out that at the beginning they knew that “it was a completely crazy and meaningless idea” to propose it to Messibut “sometimes crazy ideas come to life.”
When they began to develop the project five years ago, the footballer played in the FC Barcelona and was not thinking about withdrawal, but his company “thought that in the future this could be useful,” Reitg said, and, despite the changes after Paris and Miami, they gained approval and rights to develop the project, and “his team has been involved in every stage.”
The premiere of Messi and the Giants It is planned for the first months of 2027.
