Prime Video Sets Premiere For Novak Djokovic Doc ‘The Wolf In Winter,’ From ‘The Last Dance’ Director Jason Hehir
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- Prime Video will premiere "Novak Djokovic: The Wolf in Winter" on August 20, framing the 24-time Grand Slam champion as a "polarizing cultural figure" and "unwelcome intruder" who disrupted the "beloved Federer-Nadal rivalry" by rising from war-torn Serbia and family financial hardship
- Jason Hehir, the Emmy-winning director of "The Last Dance," directed the documentary, which is produced by Connor Schell's Words + Pictures and Sadoux Productions and gives "unfettered access" to Djokovic's training and home life
- The film features participation from tennis legends Andre Agassi, Rafael Nadal, Pete Sampras, Boris Becker, and Jim Courier, with Hehir describing Djokovic as a "fascinating person" and "sometimes maddeningly stubborn" competitor "battling men sometimes half his age"
- Prime Video's Djokovic doc arrives amid a wave of tennis documentaries: Netflix debuted a Rafael Nadal series in late May, Tribeca premiered "Chris & Martina: The Final Set" about Evert and Navratilova, DC/DOX screened Liz Garbus's "Give Me the Ball!" about Billie Jean King, and an Andre Agassi multipart film from director Chris Smith is expected later this year on Apple TV+
- Djokovic said the documentary reveals "the moments people didn't see—the doubts, the sacrifices, and the work of constantly evolving beyond the story so many think they know," adding that "the journey is far from over"
- Chris Evert, featured in the Tribeca-premiered "Chris & Martina" documentary, revealed in an X/Twitter post that her ovarian cancer has returned and she will undergo chemotherapy, forcing her to miss covering Wimbledon
Why it matters: Tennis has become the unlikely battleground for a 2025 streaming sports-doc arms race, with Prime Video, Netflix, and Apple TV+ all debuting tennis portraits within months of each other. By tapping "The Last Dance" director Hehir and recruiting cross-generational rivals Agassi and Nadal as participants, Prime Video is positioning the film as a definitive character study of a polarizing GOAT "at the crossroads in the twilight" of his career.
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