OT- The Last Dance documentary

[ATRAIN53]

AWESOME Roadtrippin with LeBron that dropped yesterday and he mentions this-

“If they release that thing right now? The views on it?” LeBron James said on the Road Trippin’ podcast, via ESPN.

“Listen, if I’m Michael Jordan, I’m going in there and I’m making a conference call and I’m like, ‘OK, what’s the reason that we’re going to hold onto it until June now? Compared to now when everybody is at home?’ Because it’s done (being edited). It’s done. Yeah, it’s done.”

https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-news-lebron-james-wants-espn-release-the-last-dance-as-soon-as-possible/

Bill Simmons mentioned on his podcast earlier this week his friend who is doing the editing of this is currently locked away in a bunker finishing this so they can drop it ASAP.

This is a great interview with LeBron. Literally they guy calling from his kitchen and just rapping with RJ like a normal person.
Kinda of stuff that make you understand who the guy really is and what is really important to him.

I've heard this guy interviewed for the last 20 years and this is the best and most personal insight to Bron I've heard yet.
You can see why this guy became successful and why people flock to him, he is full of personality and this is an hour of him in rare form. Well worth a listen IMO

[Repeat 3-peat]

The documentary has been moved up to April 19th

https://nypost.com/2020/03/30/espn-moving-up-michael-jordan-documentary-release-date-with-sports-fans-desperate/

[dice]

AWESOME Roadtrippin with LeBron that dropped yesterday and he mentions this-

“If they release that thing right now? The views on it?” LeBron James said on the Road Trippin’ podcast, via ESPN.

“Listen, if I’m Michael Jordan, I’m going in there and I’m making a conference call and I’m like, ‘OK, what’s the reason that we’re going to hold onto it until June now? Compared to now when everybody is at home?’ Because it’s done (being edited). It’s done. Yeah, it’s done.”

why does he think that MJ has any control over this? i heard that he actually refused to release footage

[Repeat 3-peat]

This is going to be legendary documentary.

[dumbell78]

April 19th, this board....in quarantine.

[DuckIII]

AWESOME Roadtrippin with LeBron that dropped yesterday and he mentions this-

“If they release that thing right now? The views on it?” LeBron James said on the Road Trippin’ podcast, via ESPN.

“Listen, if I’m Michael Jordan, I’m going in there and I’m making a conference call and I’m like, ‘OK, what’s the reason that we’re going to hold onto it until June now? Compared to now when everybody is at home?’ Because it’s done (being edited). It’s done. Yeah, it’s done.”

why does he think that MJ has any control over this? i heard that he actually refused to release footage

I think in the first thread about this there was an article reporting that MJ had “final say” editing rights over the film. I remember reading that because it made me much less interested in seeing it given MJ’s ego.

[BigUps]

At least were getting this. Its dark times, but this helps.

[dougthonus]

why does he think that MJ has any control over this? i heard that he actually refused to release footage

May not have complete control, but he clearly has a lot of input. I doubt anything highly critical of Jordan makes this documentary or that it is an unbiased view.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/media/2020/03/31/michael-jordan-documentary-the-last-dance-espn-air-april-19/5093149002/

The project involves five partners: ESPN, Jordan himself, the NBA, Netflix and Mandalay Sports media.

[dice]

why does he think that MJ has any control over this? i heard that he actually refused to release footage

May not have complete control, but he clearly has a lot of input. I doubt anything highly critical of Jordan makes this documentary or that it is an unbiased view.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/media/2020/03/31/michael-jordan-documentary-the-last-dance-espn-air-april-19/5093149002/

The project involves five partners: ESPN, Jordan himself, the NBA, Netflix and Mandalay Sports media.

my question was mainly regarding lebron thinking that MJ has some sort of control over the release date. i'm gonna guess that that part is completely out of his control at this point

[dougthonus]

my question was mainly regarding lebron thinking that MJ has some sort of control over the release date. i'm gonna guess that that part is completely out of his control at this point

My bad, thought you were talking about the documentary as a whole. Yeah, I doubt MJ has any control over the release date at all.

[Michael Jackson]

why does he think that MJ has any control over this? i heard that he actually refused to release footage

May not have complete control, but he clearly has a lot of input. I doubt anything highly critical of Jordan makes this documentary or that it is an unbiased view.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/media/2020/03/31/michael-jordan-documentary-the-last-dance-espn-air-april-19/5093149002/

The project involves five partners: ESPN, Jordan himself, the NBA, Netflix and Mandalay Sports media.

my question was mainly regarding lebron thinking that MJ has some sort of control over the release date. i'm gonna guess that that part is completely out of his control at this point

I think we know the answer. It sounds really cool to say that on a podcast and most the people listening won't think it that far through.

[Dieselbound&Down]

why does he think that MJ has any control over this? i heard that he actually refused to release footage

May not have complete control, but he clearly has a lot of input. I doubt anything highly critical of Jordan makes this documentary or that it is an unbiased view.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/media/2020/03/31/michael-jordan-documentary-the-last-dance-espn-air-april-19/5093149002/

The project involves five partners: ESPN, Jordan himself, the NBA, Netflix and Mandalay Sports media.

Krause is dead and surely will be the main villian. It won't be hard to find "others" to heap blame on so I'm not sure how critical this would have been on MJ even if he didn't have a say in the production. My guess is MJ will allow some criticism that shows him being firm in following his beliefs or that shows him to be a ruthless competitor but nothing that shows him to be petty or overly selfish. That would be keeping him in character. But anything really bad on MJ will get whitewashed.

[jc23]

Interested to see what the ratings will be like, for Sports fans this is about as good as it gets right now. Best non-live sports ratings in espn history?

[dice]

why does he think that MJ has any control over this? i heard that he actually refused to release footage

May not have complete control, but he clearly has a lot of input. I doubt anything highly critical of Jordan makes this documentary or that it is an unbiased view.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/media/2020/03/31/michael-jordan-documentary-the-last-dance-espn-air-april-19/5093149002/

The project involves five partners: ESPN, Jordan himself, the NBA, Netflix and Mandalay Sports media.

Krause is dead and surely will be the main villian. It won't be hard to find "others" to heap blame on so I'm not sure how critical this would have been on MJ even if he didn't have a say in the production. My guess is MJ will allow some criticism that shows him being firm in following his beliefs or that shows him to be a ruthless competitor but nothing that shows him to be petty or overly selfish. That would be keeping him in character. But anything really bad on MJ will get whitewashed.

i wonder whether the product would have ended up being superior WITHOUT jordan's participation

but really, what kind of dirt could they have dug up? that he was a serial cheater on his wife or something? that's not interesting. that he gambled a lot? we already knew that (though the stories would have been entertaining). maybe we would have gotten more interesting stuff on how he dealt with people. but even then we already have a pretty good idea based on what teammates have said, for example

[dumbell78]

So when is this going to hit Netflix? Any confirmed date?

[dougthonus]

So when is this going to hit Netflix? Any confirmed date?

April 19, it's in the thread title

[jc23]

So when is this going to hit Netflix? Any confirmed date?

April 19, it's in the thread title

I heard some regions will get it via Netflix first i.e. the UK.

[dumbell78]

So when is this going to hit Netflix? Any confirmed date?

April 19, it's in the thread title

I have read reports outside US it will not be the same date. ie Netflix earlier/later date vs ESPN. I'm in Australia so trying to make sure.

[Kurt Heimlich]

So when is this going to hit Netflix? Any confirmed date?

April 19, it's in the thread title

I have read reports outside US it will not be the same date. ie Netflix earlier/later date vs ESPN. I'm in Australia so trying to make sure.

I imagine since this has long been an ESPN driven project, they'll be releasing it first. Not sure if this Wiki is legit or not, but if you scroll down it indicates that Netflix outside of the U.S. will broadcast each episode the day after ESPN release.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Dance_(2020_TV_series)

[dumbell78]

April 19, it's in the thread title

I have read reports outside US it will not be the same date. ie Netflix earlier/later date vs ESPN. I'm in Australia so trying to make sure.

I imagine since this has long been an ESPN driven project, they'll be releasing it first. Not sure if this Wiki is legit or not, but if you scroll down it indicates that Netflix outside of the U.S. will broadcast each episode the day after ESPN release.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Dance_(2020_TV_series)

Excellent, thanks.