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Bo Burnham has exited HBO’s Los Angeles Lakers drama series and the role of Larry Bird has been recast with newcomer Sean Patrick Small. Deadline revealed Burnham was set to play the legendary basketballer in March. Rachel Hilson (This Is Us, Love, Victor) and Olli Haaskivi (Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Manifest)…

EXCLUSIVE:  Adam McKay’s HBO L.A. Lakers drama series is rounding out its cast. Mike Epps (The Upshaws), Carina Conti (The Last Tycoon), Max E. Williams (Dreamland) and Mariama Diallo will recur in the series based on Jeff Pearlman's book Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s…

Rory Cochrane (White Boy Rick), Danny Burstein (Evil), Austin Aaron (13 Reasons Why), Ta’Nika Gibson (Iron Fist), Edwin Hodge (Mayans MC), Terence Davis (Twenties) and Ja’Quan Cole (Wu Tang: An American Saga) have joined the cast of Adam McKay's Los Angeles Lakers HBO drama series, based on Jeff Pearlman's book Showtim…

Gillian Jacobs (Community) and The Wire alum Wood Harris have joined the cast of 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 showrunner Max…

EXCLUSIVE: Tracy Letts (Ford v. Ferrari, Divorce) Julianne Nicholson (Mare of Easttown), Jimel Atkins (David Makes Man), LisaGay Hamilton (To Kill A Mockingbird) and Andy Hirsch (Fort McCoy) have joined the cast of Adam McKay's Los Angeles Lakers HBO drama series, based on Jeff Pearlman's book Showtime: Magic, Kareem…

EXCLUSIVE: Brett Cullen (Joker) will play former NBA star and Lakers head coach Bill Sharman, and Lola Kirke (Mozart in the Jungle) will portray Jerry West’s wife Karen 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 o…

Sarah Ramos (Parenthood) has been tapped to play Cheryl Pistono, the girlfriend of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, 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…

Jason Segel has been tapped to play Paul Westhead 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 fast-break series chronicles…

Bo Burnham (Eighth Grade) has been tapped to play Boston Celtics icon Larry Bird 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, Deadline has learned. HBO declined comment. Written by Max Borenstein, the…

Michael Chiklis has been tapped to star as legendary Boston 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…

Two-time Oscar winner Sally Field has been tapped to star as Jessie Buss 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 Untitle…

A major question about Adam McKay’s untitled Lakers series for HBO — who will play Pat Riley — has been answered. Oscar winner Adrien Brody has been tapped to star as the former Los Angeles Lakers head coach in the drama series based on Jeff Pearlman's book Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dyn…