EXCLUSIVE: 'Winning Time' EP Rodney Barnes has boarded HBO’s limited series project, set to star Mahershala Ali as boxing legend Jack Johnson. Barnes, who is under an overall deal with HBO, will serve as writer and executive producer
The six-part series is described as an unapologetically Black, no-holds-barred telling of Jack Johnson , the world’s first Black Heavyweight Boxing Champion. This bold exploration depicts the champion’s rise to athletic greatness and the costs he paid for his skin and defiance, which created a blueprint for Black resistance in every justice movement for generations to come.
Ali executive produces via his his production company Know Wonder alongside his wife Amatus Karim Ali and their producing partner Mimi Valdés. Hanks and Goetzman executive produce for Playtone, along with Ken Burns via Florentine Films. Beau Willimon serves as co-executive producer alongside Playtone’s Steven Shareshian.
Barnes, as part of his HBO overall deal, co-wrote 9 of 10 episodes and served as executive producer on the first season of , and is now working on the series’ upcoming second season. In addition to film and TV, Barnes is a veteran comic book creator who earned an Eisner Award nomination for his acclaimed graphic novelZombie Love Studios
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