A documentary series in several parts very published for the ESPN films on the former quarter of the NFL Colin Kaepernick no longer performs the company.
“ESPN, Colin Kaepernick and Spike Lee have collectively decided not to continue this project anymore following certain creative differences,” said a spokesperson for the ESPN Athletics. “Although he did not reach the finality, we appreciate all the hard work and the collaboration that have entered this film.”
Reuters reported on the news on Saturday evening. The world news agency spoke with Lee on the red carpet before the Harold and Carole Pump Foundation dinner, a fundraising for research and treatment of cancer in Beverly Hills, California.
Lee said to Reuters, “It’s not out. That’s all I can say.”
When asked why Lee refused details, citing a non-disclosure agreement.
An informed source of the confirmed rupture to Athletics This was due to creative differences, but the source refused to provide details, saying that the two parties had failed to obtain over the same wavelength over the years, the project was in development. It is believed that the series can always be bought elsewhere.
Over the years, there have been reports on the production delays of documents which had been temporarily entitled “Da Saga by Colin Kaepernick”. Lee told Washington Post in 2023: “We are still working on it. You know, when I received the call to do it, from Kap, I said: “Of course”. But it takes time.
Matt Belloni de Puck reported last September what he noted as creative differences in the vision of the place where the Center of Documenties should be between the history of Kaepernick and a broader told in the history of black athletes in professional sports and social justice. Now, three weeks before the start of the NFL season, the project is carried out in ESPN.
In this ecosystem, ESPN recently acquired the NFL network of the League and substantial rights on Redzone, as well as other content assets, in exchange for NFL obtaining a 10% stake in ESPN. One of the essential questions about the agreement will be how ESPN covers its financial partner who was heading forward. The agreement remains subject to the regulatory approval of the Trump administration.
The new contrast strongly in the way the relationship began between Disney and Kaepernick. In 2020, in a spishy press release, the Walt Disney Company announced a first agreement with the Kaepernick production arm. Disney said that “the partnership will focus on telling the story of the scripted and uncripted stories that explore the race, the social injustice and the quest for equity, and will provide a new platform to present the work of the Directors and Bruns and Bruns producers.”
“Colin’s experience gives him a unique perspective on the intersection of sports, culture and race,” said Disney’s executive president, Bob Iger, at the time, “who will undoubtedly create convincing stories that will educate, enlighten and entertain, and we are impatient to work with him on this important collaboration.”
During his six -year career with the 49ers of San Francisco, Kaepernick passed for 12,271 yards and 72 affected with 30 interceptions. He also rushed for 2,300 yards and 13 scores during this section and led the 49ers to an appearance at the Super Bowl in 2013. He compiled a record of 28-30 as a starter.
Kaepernick played the NFL for the last time during the 2016 season when he began to protest against police brutality against blacks and systemic injustice against people of color by kneeling during the national anthem. He continued to express a desire over the years to play again in the NFL, but has never returned to the League.
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