X

Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo gets his own superhero cartoon

Like the Avengers, with more balls.

Richard Trenholm Former Movie and TV Senior Editor
Richard Trenholm was CNET's film and TV editor, covering the big screen, small screen and streaming. A member of the Film Critic's Circle, he's covered technology and culture from London's tech scene to Europe's refugee camps to the Sundance film festival.
Expertise Films | TV | Movies | Television | Technology
Richard Trenholm
Graphic India

He's already famous for flying down the wing, overpowering opponents and performing other superheroics on the pitch, but soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo is about to become an actual superhero.

The Real Madrid star will be transformed into cartoon form to lead Striker Force 7, a team of superheroes created by Graphic India to appear in animations, games, comics and other media. And he's also producing a new drama for Facebook that will follow the adventures of a women's football team in New York.

The soccer drama will be available on Facebook Watch, the social network's video-on-demand platform. The new show will join other Facebook Watch shows like Humans of New York, Skam Austin and the Emmy-nominated Mind of a Chef.