![]() ![]() Here's the official logline for Waithe's Hoop Dreams: There is no official release date yet for Waithe's Hoop Dreams series. We enjoyed working with the people at Amazon, we enjoy working with the people at Warner Brothers, and that’s really ultimately what it is, it’s a relationship, it’s a commitment to linking arms and to doing work that you both believe in. Channing and Clancy have been such champions, and they were also a huge part of that, too, because it’s not just the company, it’s the people at the company. We really also enjoyed our time at Amazon, being able to have all the episodes up in so many different territories all at once. ![]() Warner Brothers just offered a different experience than what we were doing and being able to go to different places, which is really how we’ve operated anyway, so, it just really felt like a natural fit. In a statement about the deal, Waithe and Rajani said: While there were few details, it was said to be a highly competitive affair. to secure the Emmy-winner and her company as they had just come off an overall deal with Amazon and were negotiating with various studios to find a perfect fit. Waithe and Rajani will executive produce for the series under Hillman Grad alongside James, Gilbert, and Marx. In a joint statement, they expressed their excitement to join in on Waithe's adaptation and called her "the ideal Chicagoan to lead the effort to finally make it happen. That approach worked wonders as Hillman Grad managed to get James, Peter Gilbert, and Frederick Marx all on board as executive producers for the show. Waithe approached the project with a lot of respect for James' original work, wanting to keep the original subjects and filmmakers in the loop regarding her plans. RELATED: It's Time to Nominate a Documentary for the Best Picture Oscar William Gates and Arthur Agee, the two players featured in the original Hoop Dreams, signed off on Waithe's new adaptation. The effort paid off, as it became one of the first documentaries to garner box office success instead of simply praise from the film world. James' original documentary was painstakingly created over the course of five years with 250 hours of film shot in that time. Through their immense talent, the school and the world around them see them as less and less human and more as assets that are only given value by their ability to play ball. The series, written by Aaron Rahsaan Thomas ( S.W.A.T.), centers on two African American high school basketball players with great potential to be future stars. ![]() Television Group to create exclusive shows for "all platforms, including WarnerMedia’s HBO Max, external streaming services, cable, and the five broadcast networks." Her first project, alongside Hillman Grad co-founder Rishi Rajani, is a scripted drama based on Hoop Dreams, Steve James' 1994 magnum opus documentary. Lena Waithe and her Hillman Grad Productions company previously signed a multi-year deal with Warner Bros. ![]()
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