In February 2018, Apple and Kevin Durant They reached an agreement to bring the life of this basketball player in serial format to Apple's streaming video service that would be launched a year later. The main role of the series was going to be carried out by Winston Duke (Black Panter), however in the end it fell to O'Shea Jackson Jr (Godzilla: The King of the Monsters and Game of Thieves: the perfect attraction).
Since the date, we had not heard from the cast of this series, a series that had not been forgotten, since a few days ago, the name of the actors who will be part of the main cast of the series. This series, which is already in the recording phase, is titled Swagger and consists of 10 episodes.
The actors that are part of this new project are:
- Isaiah R. Hill in the role of Ike.
- Shinelle Azoroh (Crime Against the Clock) as Jenna.
- Tristan Mack Wilds (The Wire)
- Caleel Harris
- Tessa Ferrer (Grey's Anatomy) playing Meg Bailey.
- Jason rivera
- Solomon Irama (Supergirl)
- Ozie nzeribe
- James bingham
The Swagger series is based on NBA star Kevin Durant and his experiences in youth basketball where not only the lives of young players are shown, but also of their families and coaches as they grow up. It will also cover topics such as corruption, broken dreams, ambition and opportunism.
In charge of writing and directing this new series is Reggie Rock Bythewood, executive producer of Open Fire and Shadows of New York. At the moment the release date is unknown of this new series, but if we take into account the time it took to start shooting, almost 3 years, we can wait seated.