Prime Video has set Wednesday, November 4 for the premiere of its Muhammad Ali limited series The Greatest. The date was revealed Saturday during a presentation at Essence Festival of Culture, featuring creator, showrunner and exec producer Ben Watkins, star Jaalen Best, and cast members Dana Gourrier, Amin Joseph, Kai Parham, and Michael Ealy. The streamer also released a first-look teaser which you can see above.
The Greatest, starring Best as Ali, is billed as an intimate exploration of the incomparable life of the boxing champion, humanitarian and global icon.
Executive produced by Lonnie Ali, the widow of the late boxing legent, The Greatest is the first authorized scripted series about the life of Ali. The eight-episode series will feature defining moments in Ali’s life and career, both in and out of the ring.
Alongside Watkins’ Blue Monday Productions (Cross) and Michael B. Jordan’s Outlier Society (The Creed Franchise), are Authentic Studios, Roc Nation, Polygram Entertainment, a Universal Music Group partner, and Grace: A Storytelling Company, with Watkins as showrunner and executive producer. Outlier Society president Elizabeth Raposo executive produces, along with Authentic Brand Group’s Corey Salter, Marc Rosen and Matthew Gross, also serving as executive producers. Additional executive producers include Aiyana White, Jeff Augustin and Owen Shiflett; Roc Nation; Michele Anthony, Boyd Muir, and Co-EPs David Blackman for Polygram and Stefano Agosto, Executive Vice President of Television at Outlier Society; as well as Josh Wakely via his Grace: A Storytelling Company.
