"The Greatest", A Series Based On The Life Of Muhammad Ali, Gets A Greenlight At Amazon

It looks like Amazon is getting into the ring with the family of the late and great boxer Muhammad Ali.

After months of talks, the big store and streaming service has officially ordered a second season of The Greatest, an tale based on Ali's life, as per an article on The Hollywood Reporter. The very same report states that the boxer's estate has signed on to the show. He died in June 2016 after 32 years of fighting Parkinson's disease. He will executive produce along with showrunner Ben Watkins (Cross), Michael B. Jordan, and Josh Wakely, who got the rights to Ali's life story and brought the project to Amazon.

The Greatest, which started out as a limited series but is now an ongoing story, shows the life of one of the most famous athletes in the world and the wins and losses that made Ali famous in and out of the ring. The THR report that first broke the news says that as per Amazon, the story is based on all the things that happened in his life when he wasn't in the eyes of the media. It looks at his life as a husband, father, brother, and son.

The first season is called "I Shook Up the World," and it starts in 1960, when an 18-year-old man named Cassius Clay wins the gold medal at the Olympics. People say that the series is a coming-of-age story that takes place during cultural changes, the Civil Rights Movement, and Ali's own spiritual growth.

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