ESPN will not broadcast Spike Lee’s Colin Kaepernick Docuseries

ESPN will no longer broadcast Spike Lee’s docuseries about former NFL Quarterback Colin Kaepernick.

“ESPN, Colin Kaepernick and Spike Lee have jointly decided not to continue with this project as a result of certain creative differences,” ESPN said in a Explanation to Reuters. “Despite the fact that we have not reached any finality, we appreciate all the hard work and the collaboration that went in this film.”

Lee told Reuters on Friday that the documentary would not be released. “It doesn’t come true. That is all I can say,” the director “Do the Right Thing” said the publication during a Red Carpet event in Beverly Hills, California. Asked to work out, Lee said: “I can’t. [agreement]. I can’t talk about it. ”

Variety has contacted ESPN for comment.

The project was first announced in 2020 under Kaepernick’s first-look deal with Disney via his RA Vision Media Production Company. In 2022, Lee joined the docuseries, who “promised extensive new interviews and a hugely previously seen archive to help Kaepernick to tell his story from his perspective.”

Kaepernick played 49 people from 2011 to 2016 for the San Francisco, when he ignited a media Firestorm after he started kneeling during the national anthem to protest against brutality and systemic racism. In 2017, Kaepernick chose his contract with the 49 people and was not signed by another NFL team. He filed a complaint against the competition and claimed that collusion among team owners, who was established privately in 2019. In the years after his retirement by professional football, Kaepernick turned through his non -profit organization through his non -profit, you know Rechtskamp, as well as entertainment and media. In 2021 he created the limited series ‘Colin in Black and White’ co-created and told his adolescence, directed by AVA Duvernay.