Rory Cochrane, Danny Burstein, Austin Aaron, Ta’Nika Gibson, Edwin Hodge, Terence Davis and Ja’Quan Cole have joined HBO’s upcoming sports drama series about the Los Angeles Lakers. The seven actors join an increasingly high-profile and star-studded series cast. The untitled project, ordered at HBO in December 2019, is based on Jeff Pearlman’s book “Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s.”
The show chronicles the professional and personal lives of the 1980s Lakers, one of basketball’s most revered and dominated dynasties — a team that defined its era, both on and off the court.
Cochrane will appear as Jerry Tarkanian, the coach of the Unlv Runnin’ Rebels; Burstein will play Vic Weiss, the manager and childhood best friend of Tarkanian; Aarn plays the hulking, lovable oaf Mark Landsberger; Gibson is Debbie Allen, a bright young star reaching new heights in her career; Hodge plays Ron Boone,...
The show chronicles the professional and personal lives of the 1980s Lakers, one of basketball’s most revered and dominated dynasties — a team that defined its era, both on and off the court.
Cochrane will appear as Jerry Tarkanian, the coach of the Unlv Runnin’ Rebels; Burstein will play Vic Weiss, the manager and childhood best friend of Tarkanian; Aarn plays the hulking, lovable oaf Mark Landsberger; Gibson is Debbie Allen, a bright young star reaching new heights in her career; Hodge plays Ron Boone,...
- 5/26/2021
- by Mónica Marie Zorrilla
- Variety Film + TV
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