HBO’s ‘Tiger’ needs two parts to tell Tiger Woods’ complex story, making him a great but sad figure
Part 1 is more golf-focused, while Part 2 looks more at the person.
Films News
Manti Te’o and Ronaiah Tuiasosopo are participating in a planned Players’ Tribune and Netflix documentary on the Lennay Kekua hoax
Will ESPN's loss be Netflix's gain?
Director Bernardo Ruiz: 30 for 30 “The Infinite Race” is “the story of the resiliency and resistance of this community”
"Can we tell a running story, but one that also looks at some of these other issues?"
‘Chang Can Dunk,’ about Asian American basketball fanatic, makes 2020 Black List of unproduced screenplays
The Black List annually picks the most popular unproduced screenplays among movie executives.
‘Safety’ shows what’s right and wrong with college football in story of Clemson’s Ray McElrathbey
This fits right in with Disney's other uplifting sports movies.
ESPN announces new 30 for 30, The Infinite Race, premiering on December 15th
A new 30 for 30 will air in December, focusing on a topic you probably haven't thought about.
The Long Game producer Josh Danziger talks the father-son story of Woodrow and Josh Grady and 7-on-7 football
"Here is a self-made man, who doesn’t ask anything from these kids in return for his help. He doesn’t do it for the money or recognition, he does it to help these boys become men and make a better life for themselves and their family. After spending time with him these past few years, it really is all he wants."
Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X miniseries in development with Carmelo Anthony executive-producing
The eight-episode series is based on the 2016 book 'Blood Brothers.'
Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown meet up with Sam Cooke, Malcolm X in ‘One Night in Miami’ trailer
The meeting was pivotal in Cassius Clay's evolution toward becoming Muhammad Ali.
“Fire On The Mountain,” the Bill Walton-narrated and Grateful Dead-soundtracked extreme sports film, will air on ESPN and ABC
"Recently, while shadow boxing the apocalypse, and wandering the land, I came upon the creation of the world, and the birth of fire. I quickly spiraled round and round, and was immediately sucked into the vortex of Fire On The Mountain —The Movie. It has become a harmonic convergence of the highest order."
HBO announces new doc, The Day Sports Stood Still, about March 2020’s sports shutdown
HBO will dive into the shutdown of live sports earlier this year in a new film.
Showtime’s ‘Bad Hombres’ uses minor-league baseball team to chronicle U.S.-Mexico border conflict
Most viewers might prefer more of a sports documentary without politics as the backdrop.
John Grisham baseball novel, ‘Calico Joe,’ in development for movie adaptation by George Clooney
Bob Dylan is also attached to the project as a producer.
