'The Last Dance': Release date, schedule, trailer, all you need to know about docu on Michael Jordan's epic season
Michael Jordan and Chicago Bulls fans have every reason to tune in to ESPN on Sundays for the next few weeks. 'The Last Dance', a ten-part docu-series, directed by Jason Hehir follows Jordan and his Bulls teammates rule the court in the 1990s. Jordan won six NBA championships with the Bulls and is recognized as one of the legends to have played the sport.
According to a Deadline report, the project by ESPN and Netflix was supposed to debut in June. However, the sports network moved up the timeline and the docu-series will hit both platforms early. Here's what we know about 'The Last Dance' so far.
Release
'The Last Dance' will release on April 19 at 9 pm ET on ESPN.
Schedule
You can find the detailed schedule of the docuseries, provided by ESPN below:
Sunday, April 19
9 pm ET | Premiere of 'The Last Dance' Episode 1
10 pm ET | Premiere of 'The Last Dance' Episode 2
Sunday, April 26
9 pm ET | Premiere of 'The Last Dance' Episode 3
10 pm ET | Premiere of 'The Last Dance' Episode 4
Sunday, May 3
9 pm ET | Premiere of 'The Last Dance' Episode 5
10 pm ET | Premiere of 'The Last Dance' Episode 6
Sunday, May 10
9 pm ET | Premiere of 'The Last Dance' Episode 7
10 pm ET | Premiere of 'The Last Dance' Episode 8
Sunday, May 17
9 pm ET | Premiere of 'The Last Dance' Episode 9
10 pm ET | Premiere of 'The Last Dance' Episode 10
Netflix schedule outside of the US
Monday, April 20 | 12:01 am PT | 'The Last Dance' Episodes 1 and 2
Monday, April 27, 12:01 am PT | 'The Last Dance' Episodes 3 and 4
Monday, May 4 | 12:01 am PT | 'The Last Dance' Episodes 5 and 6
Monday, May 11 | 12:01 am PT | 'The Last Dance' Episodes 7 and 8
Monday, May 18 | 12:01 am PT | 'The Last Dance' Episodes 9 and 10
Plot
ESPN's official description reads: "'The Last Dance' is a 10-part documentary that chronicles the untold story of Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls dynasty with rare, never-before-seen footage and sound from the 1997-98 championship season — plus over 100 interviews with famous figures and basketball’s biggest names, including Jordan himself, Phil Jackson, Scottie Pippen, Steve Kerr, Dennis Rodman, Pat Riley, Charles Barkley, Dikembe Mutombo, Patrick Ewing, Magic Johnson, Isiah Thomas, Kobe Bryant, Gary Payton, Adam Silver, Bob Costas, Barack Obama, Justin Timberlake, and more. 'The Last Dance' will debut in June 2020 on ABC and ESPN."
Director/Writer
Jason Hehir helms 'The Last Dance' and Michael Tollin ('Smallville') comes in as the producer.
Trailer
News
In an interview with Deadline, director Hehir said: "There was always a challenge to make this an interesting project for Michael because he’s been asked every question there is to be asked. There’s nothing that I could ask him, or thought to have asked him that he hasn’t been asked in some way in the past 30 years so you want this to be an entertaining and stimulating process for him because it can get monotonous to sit in a chair for hours at a time."
Watch this space for more updates on 'The Last Dance'.
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