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Time wins: Brady's Facebook documentary on 'pause' following SB loss
Tom Brady's sixth Super Bowl title wasn't only meant to secure his legacy among the greatest athletes of all time, it was how the makers of his Facebook documentary, "Tom vs. Time," envisioned the end of their online series.
But, as we all know, the Philadelphia Eaglesthrew a wrench in the works and beat the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LII in dramatic fashion, not only handing Brady his third loss in the Big Game but forcing the documentary's director, Gotham Chopra, to "pause" the project while they form a different angle to the sixth episode.
Chopra posted a statement Friday to Facebookexplaining the delay and his new plans on how to conclude the documentary.
Everyone keeps asking me about Chapter 6 of 'Tom vs. Time' and when it's going to be ready. The truth is we had a plan, but unconsciously, it was tied to the Pats winning the Super Bowl and, when that didn't happen (congrats, Eagles!), I felt like we needed to pause and recalibrate. While we have amazing stuff from the playoff run, Tom's hand injury and the great comeback in the AFC Championship, once the Super Bowl played out, I started to wonder the relevance of all that other stuff and determined that we really needed one final exit interview with our guy before we could figure out what Chapter 6 was truly going to be about. This morning, we did that interview. It ran over an hour and we talked about a lot of things. I'm not gonna give anything away ... but for curious minds, Tom was both reflective and upbeat, very present and disappointed in last Sunday's loss, while also gracious toward the Eagles for their impressive victory and already unpacking everything to find a lesson in it. As a fan, I can say I got some great closure and I hope Tom did too in just talking about it. I can tell he's burning up still on the inside. But I am also reminded why the guy is the GOAT and it's all gonna be OK. So, Chapter 6 — 'Coming Soon!'"
