{"id":665291,"date":"2026-10-25T22:08:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T22:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/665291\/"},"modified":"2026-10-25T22:08:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T22:08:15","slug":"espn-taps-marvels-vision-to-boost-elclasicos-debut-on-abc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/665291\/","title":{"rendered":"ESPN Taps Marvel&#8217;s Vision to Boost ElCl\u00e1sico&#8217;s Debut on ABC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe Vision, the Marvel super-hero, must tackle two important missions on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tNot only does the character have a new streaming series on Disney+ that needs promotion, but he\u2019s been tapped by Disney sibling <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/espn\/\" id=\"auto-tag_espn\" data-tag=\"espn\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN<\/a> to lend some pizzazz to Sunday\u2019s telecast of ElCl\u00e1sico, the fierce soccer match-up between Barcelona and Real Madrid, which is being broadcast on ABC for the first time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIn a bid to get more people interested in the event, ESPN and <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/marvel-studios\/\" id=\"auto-tag_marvel-studios\" data-tag=\"marvel-studios\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marvel Studios<\/a> devised an intriguing collaboration that will include a 30-second promo voiced by <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/paul-bettany\/\" id=\"auto-tag_paul-bettany\" data-tag=\"paul-bettany\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paul Bettany<\/a>, the actor who has long played Vision in various Marvel films.  A Q&amp;A with the actor focused on soccer, has been distributed across ESPN\u2019s FC social platforms, and a \u201cmotion poster\u201d dropped on ESPN FC\u2019s Instagram and TikTok Stories, as well as ESPN Deportes\u2019 Instagram Story.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tDuring pre-game coverage Sunday, a custom promo is scheduled to air in both ESPN\u2019s English-language and Spanish-language coverage. ESPN FC\u2019s X and Facebook accounts will share that vignette ahead of the match.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tOther parts of the Disney empire were also tapped. \u201cLive with Kelly and Mark\u201d promoted the match during the week, as did several of ESPN\u2019s studio program, including \u201cSportsCenter.\u201d ESPN also enlisted creators Devin Caherly and Dylan Acanfora to create content from Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe event\u2019s broadcast television debut in the U.S. starts 4 p.m. eastern on Sunday, October 2. Soccer greats including Lamine Yamal, Pedri, Kylian Mbapp\u00e9, Jude Bellingham and Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior are expected to play. The telecast will also be available on ESPN+, ESPN Deportes and the ESPN App.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Vision, the Marvel super-hero, must tackle two important missions on Sunday. Not only does the character have&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":665292,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[281696,93,20544,61,60,2702,49285,282],"class_list":["post-665291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-elclasico","tag-entertainment","tag-espn","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-marvel-studios","tag-paul-bettany","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=665291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665291\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/665292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=665291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=665291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=665291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}