Muhammad Ali Prime Video Series “The Greatest” Starring Galen Best

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Prime Video has officially requested The greatest Limited series from executive producer Michael B. Jordan (The Creed Franchise) and Executive Producer/Showrunner Ben Watkins (pass). It is considered the first authorized series about the life of Muhammad Ali with access to his possessions, The greatest Galen Best will be participating in the tournament.All America: Homecoming) as a boxing legend.

The series will showcase the well-documented defining moments of Ali’s life and career – both inside and outside the ring – as well as the moments that happened outside the spotlight. The world remembers an icon, but The greatest It’s about a man, a husband, a father, a brother, and a son.

The film is being produced by Michael B. Jordan’s Outlier Society, which has an overall deal with Amazon MGM Studios, Watkins’ Blue Monday Productions, Authentic Studios, Roc Nation, Polygram Entertainment, a partner of Universal Music Group, and Grace: A Storytelling Company, with Ali’s widow Lonnie Ali as executive producer.

“Muhammad Ali’s story is an inspiring one of the most important global figures of the 20th century,” said Vernon Sanders, President of Television, Amazon MGM Studios. “We are proud to be working with Ben alongside Outlier, Roc Nation, Polygram, Grace, Authentic Brands, Lonnie Ali and the incredibly talented Jaalen Best, who we know will do an incredible job bringing The Greatest to life for our Prime Video customers around the world.”

Watkins was playing around. The greatest With another Prime Video series, he is an executive producer and showrunner, passwhich is based on characters from the best-selling Alex Cross books by James Patterson.

“To be entrusted with the honor of telling the story of my beloved hero, Muhammad Ali, is humbling, awe-inspiring, and a dream come true,” he said. “I am filled with an overwhelming sense of pride, responsibility, and most of all, gratitude.”

Lonnie Ali spoke about casting Best to play her late husband.

“I am very happy with the production. The greatest “With Ben Watkins, who captures the essence of Mohammed, and Galen Best, we have discovered a spiritual gem. He is a talented young man who not only captures Mohammed, but also has resilience, courage, charisma and confidence,” she added.

Fellow executive producer Josh Wakely spent years working on The greatestSecuring the rights to Ali’s life story and taking the project to Amazon.

“It has been a long-standing dream to tell Ali’s remarkable life story as a television series, and it is the only way to truly capture his greatness, and I am grateful to Loni and the team that has been assembled who also share my passion for getting The greatest “To the screen,” he said.

Along with Watkins and Jordan, Outlier Society President Elizabeth Raposo will serve as executive producer. Lonnie Ali, along with Authentic Brand Group’s Corey Salter, Mark Rosen and Matthew Gross, will serve as executive producers on the series. Additional executive producers include Roc Nation; Polygram’s Michelle Anthony, Boyd Moyer and Co-EP David Blackman; and Josh Wakely via his Grace: A Storytelling Company. Stefano Agosto, EVP of Television at Outlier Society, will oversee the project on behalf of Outlier.

The greatest The series is produced by Amazon MGM Studios in association with Outlier Society, Authentic Studios, Blue Monday Productions, Roc Nation, Polygram Entertainment, and Grace: A Storytelling Company.

Ali’s character was most notably portrayed on screen in 1977. The greatestby Terrence Howard in the 2000 ABC movie King of the worldDavid Ramsey in the 2000 Fox film Ali: American HeroWill Smith in the 2001 biopic on and Eli Goree in the 2020 Amazon Prime Original Film One night in Miami.

Best is represented by Luber Roklin Entertainment and GGSSC. Watkins is represented by UTA and Hirsch Wallerstein Hayum.