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Showtime shoots LeBron NBA doc

LeBron James is behind SpringHill Entertainment

US premium cablenet Showtime has ordered a three-part documentary that will examine US basketball league the NBA, with one of the game’s biggest stars attached to exec produce.

The untitled show will explore the NBA’s impact on popular culture and is being exec produced by Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James, whose prodco SpringHill Entertainment is producing the series.

James has been producing TV and movie projects for several years. In September, NBC picked up a scripted project from SpringHill. He is also signed as an executive producer on NBC gameshow The Wall and is attached to CNBC reality series Cleveland Hustle.

Maverick Carter, SpringHill CEO, will also exec produce the show, which will be directed by filmmaker Gotham Chopra and will premiere in 2018.

“We developed the idea for these films because of the incredible, generational impact some of the NBA’s most successful players have had on every aspect of American culture,” said Carter.

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