Michael Chiklis To Play Red Auerbach In HBO’s 1980s L.A. Lakers Series
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deadline.comMichael Chiklis has been tapped to star as legendary Celtics coach Red Auerbach in Adam McKay’s Los Angeles Lakers HBO drama series, based on Jeff Pearlman’s book Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s.
McKay’s Hyperobject Industries is producing.Written by Max Borenstein, The Untitled Lakers Project is a fast-break series chronicling the professional and personal lives of the 1980s Lakers, one of sports’ most revered and dominant dynasties — a team that defined its era, both on and off the court.As the coach of the Celtics, Red Auerbach won 9 NBA championships.
As general manager, he won 7 more. When the Lakers’ rise threatens his Boston dynasty, Auerbach proves himself to be the basketball genius
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