Judging from the press release, which touted a “diverse cast of influential figures from Barry Bonds’ life and career,” Bonds appears to have not been involved in production to this poi…
Giants legend and MLB all-time home run king Barry Bonds is set to be the subject of a forthcoming HBO documentary, the cable TV giant announced Wednesday.documentary focused on O.J. Simpson, will be an executive producer on the project. The untitled Bonds film will be directed by Keith McQuirter, who is best known for the docuseriesProduction company Words + Pictures, founded byDeadline first broke the news of the project Wednesday.
“The opportunity for Bonds to actively participate and share his firsthand experiences remains available,” the release reads. “Using archival footage and original interviews, the film will chronicle Bonds’ emergence as one of the game’s most talented all-around players with the Pittsburgh Pirates and San Francisco Giants and then his years as a superstar with the Giants when he rewrote the record book in his late 30s amid controversy.”
That controversy — his connection to the BALCO performance-enhancing drug scandal — has kept Bonds out of the Baseball Hall of Fame despite holding both the single-season and career MLB home run records.
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