Iconic basketball-themed game “NBA Jam” will be the focus of a new documentary.
Initially released more than 25 years ago as an arcade game, it shattered records by earning more than $1 billion in quarters, becoming a memorable piece of pop culture.
BestCrosses Studios, the production arm of the basketball-themed social media platform BestCrosses created by Jack Sussman, has optioned Reyan Ali’s book “NBA Jam” to produce a feature documentary about the history and success of the game.
Emmy-nominated Sean Menard, who has several sports documentaries to his credit, including the acclaimed “The Carter Effect” about now-retired NBA superstar Vince Carter, will develop and direct.
The book, released by Boss Fight Books in October 2019, is built on extensive research and dozens of original interviews with developers, journalists, fans and NBA players. When programmer Mark Turmell and his team at Midway Games released the original “NBA Jam” in 1993, it had an immediate...
Initially released more than 25 years ago as an arcade game, it shattered records by earning more than $1 billion in quarters, becoming a memorable piece of pop culture.
BestCrosses Studios, the production arm of the basketball-themed social media platform BestCrosses created by Jack Sussman, has optioned Reyan Ali’s book “NBA Jam” to produce a feature documentary about the history and success of the game.
Emmy-nominated Sean Menard, who has several sports documentaries to his credit, including the acclaimed “The Carter Effect” about now-retired NBA superstar Vince Carter, will develop and direct.
The book, released by Boss Fight Books in October 2019, is built on extensive research and dozens of original interviews with developers, journalists, fans and NBA players. When programmer Mark Turmell and his team at Midway Games released the original “NBA Jam” in 1993, it had an immediate...
- 1/15/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Mark Price spent almost all of his NBA career playing point guard for the Cleveland Cavaliers, earning himself the title of NBA All-Star and is in the prestigious 50-40-90 Club (50% from the field, 40% from the three-point line and 90% from the free throw line). Guess what he looks like now!
- 6/7/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Ralph Carney has left this mortal coil far too soon. He was one of us, a musician from Akron who made it out and had become a much-beloved multi-instrumentalist where ever he hung his hat. (The last two years in Portland, Or.) Carney was also the uncle of Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney. He added his brilliance to acts like Tom Waits, The B-52s, Elvis Costello, Kronos Quartet, Jonathan Richman, St. Vincent... basically any band worth their salt that needed some brilliant reed component, whether clarinet or saxophone or some other homemade instrument!
He had lived in NYC for a spell after leaving Akron and his initial brush with success with one of Akron's coolest bands Tin Huey, a band that the legendary Jerry Wexler signed. Their album Contents Dislodged During Shipment (Warner Brothers, 1979) is not to be missed. This Akron band boasted an incredible lineup that also including my musical mentor Harvey Gold,...
He had lived in NYC for a spell after leaving Akron and his initial brush with success with one of Akron's coolest bands Tin Huey, a band that the legendary Jerry Wexler signed. Their album Contents Dislodged During Shipment (Warner Brothers, 1979) is not to be missed. This Akron band boasted an incredible lineup that also including my musical mentor Harvey Gold,...
- 12/20/2017
- by Dusty Wright
- www.culturecatch.com
Recently, CBS served up the new,official,synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "The Good Wife" episode 18 of season 5. The episode is entitled, "All Tapped Out," and it sounds like things will get pretty intriguing as Florrick/Agos and Alicia discover that the Nsa has been monitoring them, and more. In the new,18th episode press release: An Nsa whistleblower is going to lead Florrick/Agos to the source of leaks coming from the firm. Press release number 2: Florrick/Agos will take on the case of an Nsa whistleblower, only to learn that the agency has been monitoring the firm as well as Alicia’s personal life. In the meantime, Diane will face the difficult task of working alongside Louis Canning when he joins Lockhart/Gardner. Also, Alicia will go after the State’s Attorney when he attempts to make Finn a scapegoat in the Jeffrey Grant case. Michael J. Fox...
- 4/13/2014
- by Derek
- OnTheFlix
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