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Apple TV+ plans series on the Negro Baseball League

Apple TV+ has secured the rights to Donald Spivey’s non-fiction book, “If You Were Only White: The Life of Leroy ‘Satchel’ Paige,” for drama development with an eye toward a series order, reports Deadline

About the series

The Negro League Baseball project comes from Earvin “Magic” Johnson, Mandelay’s Peter Guber, and Oscar nominee Ron Shelton. The latter has helmed and written such sports film classics as “Bull Durham,” “White Men Can’t Jump,” and “Tin Cup.”

Apple Studios co-produces with Kapital Entertainment. According to Deadline, the series will explore the epic and remarkable story of Negro League Baseball using the life and legacy of the legendary athlete and showman Leroy “Satchel” Paige.

About Apple TV

Apple Original films, documentaries and series have now been honored with 117 wins and 408 awards nominations in 18 months.

Apple TV+ is available on the Apple TV app in over 100 countries and regions, on over 1 billion screens, including iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Mac, popular smart TVs from Samsung, LG, Sony, VIZIO, TCL and others, Roku and Amazon Fire TV devices, Chromecast with Google TV, PlayStation and Xbox gaming consoles, and at tv.apple.com, for $4.99 per month with a seven-day free trial. For a limited time, customers who purchase a new iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Mac or iPod touch can enjoy one year of Apple TV+ for free. This special offer is good for three months after the first activation of the eligible device.

Dennis Sellers

Dennis Sellers is the editor/publisher of Apple World Today. He’s been an “Apple journalist” since 1995 (starting with the first big Apple news site, MacCentral). He loves to read, run, play sports, and watch movies.

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