Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s.
Executive producer Adam McKay is directing the pilot, which chronicles the professional and personal lives of the 1980s Lakers, one of sports’ most revered and dominant dynasties — a team that defined its era both on and off the court.Hoffmann will play Claire Rothman, the general manager of the Forum — the first and only female manager of any major-market sports arena. Claire uses her searing intelligence and emotional endurance to thrive in the misogynistic world of professional sports.
Robinson will portray Jeanie Buss, daughter of Lakers owner Jerry Buss. Ambitious, smart and eager to prove herself as competent as the men around her, she weighs the competing influences of her role models to forge her own identity as a businesswoman. They join previously announced cast members Jason Clarke , John C. Reilly , Quincy Isaiah , Solomon Hughes , DeVaughn Nixon , Molly Gordon , Rob Morgan , Spencer Garrett , Kirk Bovill and Delante Desouza .McKay is executive producing through the yet-to-be-named company he launched after parting ways with longtime producing partner Will Ferrell and dissolving their Gary Sanchez Prods. Joining McKay at his new company is former Gary Sanchez Prods.
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