It appears fans know Tom Brady pretty well when it comes to things on the football field, but not as much off the field at home with his family.
That will change.
According to the New York Times, Brady will be featured in a documentary series called "Tom vs. Time," which will be posted later this month via Facebook's mobile video platform, Facebook Watch. The release will depend on when the Patriots' season ends.
It follows Brady throughout the course of the season as he attempts to win his sixth Super Bowl, but also achieve quarterback longevity.
Gotham Chopra is the filmmaker and was allowed special access to the quarterback, as the documentary includes footage of Brady at his home in Brookline with his children and wife Gisele Bundchen, on family retreats to Costa Rica, on an offseason trip to Montana with teammates Julian Edelman and Danny Amendola, on a summer tour of China with his son Jack, and in the car during Brady's commute to and from Gillette Stadium.
Chopra is the son of the prolific New Age author Deepak Chopra and grew up a Patriots fan just outside of Boston. He spent several years working as a television journalist and met Brady through mutual friends in Los Angeles. He has been interested in exploring the spiritual side of sports and competition, and has been trying to convince Brady to be part of the series for years.
Bill Belichick is rarely seen, but that's not the case for Josh McDaniels, who appears via speakerphone or video chat multiple times, as the two are constantly game-planning.
(Cameras were credentialed for some Patriots games, so the team is somewhat aware the documentary is in the works.)
"We thought it would be fun to record what an off-season of training looks like for a 40-year-old athlete," Brady said to the Times in an email Monday night.
It was originally supposed to be just an offseason feature, but the cameras have stuck around for the season.
"Tom is not a sentimental guy, necessarily," Chopra said. "But I do think, as we talked, he was sort of discovering parts of himself. It's like therapy. It's the process of saying it and giving voice to it."
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