Overview

• ESPN announced that it, Kaepernick and Lee “collectively decided to no longer proceed” with the multi-part series after encountering certain creative differences.
• Spike Lee confirmed at a Beverly Hills event that the project “is not coming out” and said a nondisclosure agreement prevents him from elaborating.
• The eight-episode documentary entered production in 2022 following Kaepernick’s 2020 first-look deal and was promoted as a full, first-person account of his protest and activism.
• Reports from Puck News last year detailed clashes between Lee and Kaepernick over whether to focus solely on his personal journey or place it within a wider history of athlete activism.
• No party has specified how much footage was shot or whether the material could be shopped elsewhere, and an anonymous source says the cancellation decision was made last summer, before ESPN’s deal giving the NFL a minority stake.