Lionsgate is establishing a television sequence about the athletics betting saga involving Los Angeles Dodgers Pitcher Shohei Ohtani and his former interpreter, according to quite a few shops together with the Los Angeles Periods.
The scripted series will reportedly concentration on Ohtani’s rise as a player – he earned a 10-calendar year, $700 million deal presented his historic capacity as equally a hitter and pitcher – and the recent sporting activities betting controversy involving Ohtani and his former interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara. The scandal was uncovered earlier this calendar year, with facts emerging that Mizuhara stole virtually $17 million from Ohtani to deal with gambling losses.
Mizuhara agreed to plead guilty to a pair of federal rates Wednesday and could face up to 33 several years in prison.
Scott Delman and Albert Chen will generate the approaching tv collection. Delman produced “The Reserve of Mormon,” and is a 13-time Tony Award winner, even though Chen is a sports journalist with bylines showing in Time and Sports activities Illustrated, between other publications.
Supplemental details about the collection, this kind of as a projected release day or wherever it will air, have but to be declared.
