ESPN Won’t Air Spike Lee‘s Docuseries About Colin Kaepernick
ESPN will not explain the Colin Kaepernick Documentary to all.
Because of creative differences between the network, Spike spike Lee, and the former Nfl-player, ESPN will not air the docuseries.
“ESPN, Colin Kaepernick and Spike Lee Collectively decided to go no more with this project to go as a result of certain creative differences,” said ESPN in a statement Variety. “Despite the achievement of localities, we appreciate all hard work and cooperation that went into this movie.”
The news was first reported by Reuters After Lee was telling the outlet on Friday, August 15, that the documentary would not be released.
“It doesn't matter. That's all I can say,” Lee revealed in a red carpet event in Beverly Hills last week. When promised to extend, the director, “said the director:” I can't. I've signed a nondis creation. I can't talk about it. “
A source near the project tells Variety That the decision cannot be moved forward was made last summer, emphasize that it had nothing to do with the NFL, which was a partial ownerhood this month. The Walt Disney Company currently has 80% of the sporting girigivigant.
It now canceled project was first announced in 2020 under Kaepernick's first-see Deal with Disney by his RA RA-VISY MEDIA production company. In 2022 Lee on board with the Docuseries, who “extensive new interviews and a hide of Beauty-seen archive to help Kepernick to help his story from its perspective.”
Kaepernick played for the San Francisco 49ers. In protest of police brutality, he started to kneel during the normal in the firestorm, ignite a virestorm of calls to go. In 2017 Kaepernick chose his contract with the 49ers and was not signed by another NFL team.
He has submitted from a gear, admiration of the champion, who was private, arranged Capernic in the league that have in the league in the league, although he is never signed by each team. In the years after his retirement of professional football, which he has by his nonprofit. Do you know rights camp. In 2021 he created with the limited series Colin in black and whitedirected by Ava Dunhay.
It is unclear whether the documentary it will find home elsewhere. Back in September, Puck news Reported the Faced Faced delayed deceit between kaepernick and Lee, and that ESPN Chairman Jimmy Pitaro open to allow the filmmaker.
