Yeah, you're not going to see it, whether you planned to see it or not.

I don't know what it was going to be called, but the working title was "two racist egomaniacs and a camera".

ESPN Ditches Spike Lee’s Docuseries About Colin Kaepernick: ‘It’s Not Coming Out’

Disney-owned ESPN and film director Spike Lee have revealed that they are canning Lee’s documentary series about controversial, national anthem protester and former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick.

Lee had contracted with the cable sports network to produce a multi-part series about the life of Kaepernick, who, back in 2016, helped launch the trend of multi-millionaire NFL players protesting against the United States of America. After a full season of constant agitation against the country, no NFL team signed the quarterback when he turned free agent in 2017. He has since been on the outside looking in with no team expressing any genuine interest in assisting him to relaunch his NFL career.

Many left-wing race pushers have held Kaepernick up as an example of “racism” in America, and Lee intended to highlight the former player’s plight. But it now appears that none of the projects will ever see the light of day.

“ESPN, Colin Kaepernick and Spike Lee have collectively decided to no longer proceed with this project as a result of certain creative differences,” ESPN said in a statement on Sunday, according to the New York Post.

“Despite not reaching finality, we appreciate all the hard work and collaboration that went into this film,” the network added.

When asked about the project while on the red carpet ahead of the Harold and Carole Pump Foundation dinner, Lee said he signed an NDA over the project and cannot discuss it in public.

“It’s not coming out. That’s all I can say,” he said, adding, “I signed a nondisclosure. I can’t talk about it.”

The series was announced in February 2022, and production began shortly thereafter. Still, it was soon reported that it ground to a halt over disagreements between Kaepernick and Lee over how the player was to be depicted. It was also noted that the disagreements had become so deep that ESPN chief Jimmy Pitaro was telling the media that he was open to letting Lee try to shop the series idea to some other network or streaming service.

It now appears that the whole project is dead in the water, and no footage will ever be seen.

Boo f'n hoo.

I can't believe I'm being deprived of this opportunity.

What a shame.

Thank you for the update. I'm disappointed to learn that the highly anticipated docuseries has been canceled. The collaboration between the esteemed producer Spike Lee and the legendary future Hall of Fame Quarterback Colin Kaepernick had immense potential, and it's unfortunate they were unable to reach an agreement. We are so much poorer as a result of this tragedy.

You just said what I wanted to say, but I was so broken up that I couldn't even come up with the right words. Thank you for summarizing the sense of emptiness in all of us.

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Thank you for the update. [...] We are so much poorer as a result of this tragedy.

NFL buys acquired stake in ESPN and spikes release. Protect the shield.

Hmm. So a young boy is adopted by a family who through their love, encouragement and support achieves a (albeit short lived) career as a pro NFL quarterback. Then, because of his woke protesting of alleged racial injustice, he loses everything and is now unemployed. Head scratcher why Disney didn’t want to make that docuseries. Maybe it hits too close to home of their own get woke, go broke experiences.

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He has since been on the outside looking in with no team expressing any genuine interest in assisting him to relaunch his NFL career.

In Nov 2019, the NFL bent over backwards to hold a private workout for him open to attendence by all 32 teams. 30 min before the workout was to start, Kaepernick no-showed and announced a workout at a different venue, b/c he wanted the workout to be on his terms.

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...it was soon reported that it ground to a halt over disagreements between Kaepernick and Lee over how the player was to be depicted. It was also noted that the disagreements had become so deep...

This was very satisfying to read. Two guys w/ grossly over-inflated opinions of themselves tanked their own vanity project. It's so fitting.

So I guess the "true story" of Krapperdunk will never be known. What a shame! Must be those hateful white supremacists again.

On a more serious note....is it possible that the "minority community" has shifted far enough to the right that the producers were uncertain they'd garner enough of their intended audience? After all, it is always about the money.

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that you never heard of

Yep!

Or could ESPN have looked around and said, “We don’t really want to take the chance of finding ourselves in one of those multi-million dollar broadcast lawsuits?”

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Kaepernick no-showed and announced a workout at a different venue, b/c he wanted the workout to be on his terms.

From what I read online, it seems Kaepernick has a distinct history of not playing nice with other people, and this docuseries bullshit was because he wanted the series to be a biographical account of his life, while Spike Lee wanted it to be about social justice crap. It had nothing to do with the NFL's stake in ESPN, the two assholes egos could not get the series to move ahead.

Well bless their hearts.

Alex, What's a TV show no one willingly watched?

By any metric, Knappyprick is unmarketable.

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By any metric, Knappyprick is unmarketable.

He's a flake. While the impressionable still think he's so brave and courageous, the 'hood knows him as the guy with the big arm, the idiot g/f who led him astray and his inability to get a 1st down.