![]() ![]() Willis, Jr., Sterling “Scoot” Henderson, Dermot Mulroney, Natalie Paul, Diane Howard, Algee Smith, Katlyn Nichol. With their new coach (Dermot Mulroney), a disgraced former college coach seeking redemption of his own, the boys, along with former rival and new teammate Romeo Travis (Sterling “Scoot” Henderson), will face battles not only on the court but in real life, in their quest to become national champs, and will rediscover that what matters most about the game is the people playing beside you.ĭirected by Chris Robinson and Starring Marquis “Mookie” Cook, Wood Harris, Caleb McLaughlin, Khalil Everage, Avery S. Based on a book by James and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Buzz Bissinger, Shooting Stars tells the story of LeBron James and his childhood friends Dru Joyce III, Willie McGee, Sian Cotton, and. The community takes this as an insult, but the boys’ dedication to each other is more important than anything else. Maverick Carter, LeBron James’s childhood friend and financial adviser, told me that he and Paul developed a kinship and friendship based on how we grew up. So, when the coach at the top basketball school in their district threatens to separate them by putting Lil Dru on junior varsity, the Fab Four decide to switch schools to be able to play varsity together, joining the team at a predominantly white Catholic school instead. From the moment we meet them, we realize this group of friends, under the guidance of coach Dru Joyce, is connected by more than basketball. In the 1990s, a young LeBron James and his three best friends - Lil Dru, Willie McGee and Sian Cotton -called themselves the “Fab Four,” after the famed Michigan Wolverines’ “Fab Five” of that era. Revealing how LeBron James and his childhood friends become the #1 high school team in the country, launching James’s breathtaking career as a four-time NBA Champion, two-time Olympic Gold Medalist and the NBA‘s all-time leading scorer. ![]() “ Shooting Stars” starts streaming June 2nd on Peacock.īased on the book by LeBron James and the Pulitzer Prize winning author of Friday Night Lights, Buzz Bissinger, Shooting Stars is the inspiring origin story of a basketball superhero.
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