Winning the Champions League or promotion to the Premier League would tempt the producers of Sunderland 'Til I Die into adding another instalment to the already popular Netflix franchise.
Sunderland fan, director, producer and founding partner of Fulwell 73 Productions, Ben Turner, has lift the lid on the upcoming third series in a sit down interview with We Are Sunderland.
The third instalment focuses on the Black Cats' promotion winning campaign from League One in 2021-22, which saw the club finally end their four-year stint in the third tier of English football.
With the first two series documenting some of the darkest times at the club in recent history, Turner believes the third season perfectly captures the hope in the city and didn't rule out a possible return if the club were to win promotion.
"The perfect ending is us winning the Champions League!" Turner told We Are Sunderland. "When that happens, we'll be there!
"Maybe, we'll wait and see. Each series has to take something on and add something new to it. Any excuse to spend time in Sunderland I'll take it."
Reflecting on the third series as a whole, Turner said: "It's great. Obviously Sunderland 'Til I Die is hugely personal to us and important to us. It's amazing to see it go back out to the world.
"It really is a thing that's meaningful to not just Sunderland fans but beyond and I love nothing more than talking about Sunderland.
"The more of my working day I can do that, the better. Especially talking about promotion beforehand!
"I feel like it's a really good third act to the other two and it's not the same as the other two series and in a way it shouldn't be, because each of them have their own mark to it.
"I think the subtext of it and I hope it is for the whole country, not just Sunderland but it's a weird time to be alive and it's pretty worrying. I felt in Sunderland that there's a regeneration. There's a sense of - and I grew up in London so I see Sunderland from the outside which gives me a different perspective on it - this slightly dilapidated city centre isn't the focus of Sunderland now.
"It's a wider imprint, there's stuff happening beyond there, the coast is coming up, the city has a sense of itself a bit wider than it was before. I think things are happening in Sunderland and as you feel the club coming up a little bit and getting themselves together, that parallels in the city and I think a lot of the time in the cultural conversation, we're motivated by fear a lot.
"I think hope is a strong and motivating factor and I feel that my time in this last series, it felt very hopeful to me. I hope that comes across in the series and I hope it's true. If it's not true, I hope we talk about it enough to make it true."
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Sunderland head coach Michael Beale has also given his thoughts on the documentary ahead of the launch this week.
“I watched the original two series,” he said at his press conference earlier this week. “It was interesting. I think what you saw is what the club means to the local community and the fans. That just jumped out at everybody.
“Then there were some interesting moments at the club at that time, wasn't there, with different bits and bobs. I'm fascinated by those sort of documentaries but I'm quite pleased I'm not involved in this new series, and maybe the focus will go on some of the other staff in the building over the coming weeks.
“So I think this series captures a really important time for the club, with promotion as well and some changes. I'm looking forward, like everybody else, to watching it.”
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