Let the speculation begin. Deadline reports that Sony has reserved two dates on the upcoming movie calendar for Sony/Marvel projects: November 8, 2024 and June 27, 2025.
31.05.2023 - 19:13 / deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: HBO and Words + Pictures have launched production on a documentary about Barry Bonds, one of baseball’s greatest players – and one of the most polarizing figures in all professional sport.
The untitled Bonds film is being directed by Keith McQuirter (By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem) and executive produced by Oscar winner Ezra Edelman (O.J.: Made in America) and Connor Schell and Libby Geist, creators of the Emmy-winning series 30 for 30 and EPs of the megahit docuseries The Last Dance.
“The untitled HBO Sports Documentary will tell the story of Barry Bonds, baseball’s single-season and all-time home run king, from his beginnings as the son of All-Star Bobby Bonds, and godson of the iconic Willie Mays, all the way up to his meteoric rise in the 1990s and 2000s,” notes a release about the project. “Using archival footage and original interviews, the film will chronicle Bonds’ emergence as one of the game’s most talented all-around players with the Pittsburgh Pirates and San Francisco Giants and then his years as a superstar with the Giants when he rewrote the record book in his late 30s amid controversy.”
The controversy alluded to explains why Bonds has never been elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, despite his unprecedented accomplishments (for instance, he is the only player to hit at least 500 home runs and steal at least 500 bases). To this day, he remains closely associated with MLB’s steroids scandal, which came to light as a result of a federal investigation into Balco, a San Francisco Bay Area supplements company that allegedly distributed steroids and other performance enhancing drugs to prominent pro athletes. In 2011 Bonds was convicted of obstruction of justice in
Let the speculation begin. Deadline reports that Sony has reserved two dates on the upcoming movie calendar for Sony/Marvel projects: November 8, 2024 and June 27, 2025.
Netflix has unveiled a new trailer for ‘Wham!‘, an upcoming feature-length documentary about the ’80s pop duo of the same name.The documentary, which is slated for release on Netflix globally on July 5, takes a look at the history of George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley and their time in Wham!, from the time they had first met as teens, to their pinnacle of stardom and behind-the-scenes look at the group’s ups and downs during the height of their fame, while also paying tribute to the life and career of Michael.‘Wham!’ features archival footage from the duo’s history and never-before-seen interviews with George Michael, Andrew Ridgeley and more. Watch the trailer for Netflix’s ‘Wham!’ documentary above.Wham! celebrated a short but successful career, running from 1981 until their disbandment in 1986.
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