Jonathan Majors in talks to play Dennis Rodman in the movie about Rodman’s 48 Hours in Las Vegas during the 1998 NBA Finals

Actor Jonathan Majors (Lovecraft country, Ant-Man and the Vespa: Quantumania) is in talks to join the Lionsgate movie that will follow basketball great Dennis Rodman’s 48 Hours in Las Vegas during the 1998 NBA Championship Finals.

Although a deal is not closed, sources tell Deadline that Majors is very much in agreement and that the negotiations are going in the right direction. Lionsgate won the spec rights in a highly competitive auction last August with Phil Lord, Chris Miller and Aditya Sood producing the film. Ari Lubet, Will Allegra and Rodman will be executive producers. The script is by Jordan Van Dina, who wrote the script during the pandemic. Once it hit the market, Lionsgate immediately fell in love with this idea and all the crazy characters involved in the story, pushing hard to get the rights.

It is inspired by the insane story of how “NBA star Dennis Rodman embarked on a crazy adventure with his shady assistant GM in the midst of the 1998 NBA Finals. The film will detail a budding friendship that neither of us would have. never thought it was possible, but it will eventually solve both of their problems. “

“Everyone had heard the rumors of this crazy story when it first happened in the 1990s, but recently it has been put in the spotlight again following the success of the Michael Jordan-Chicago Bulls doc. The Last Dance, which debuted with huge numbers last May. The incident received full treatment in the document, with everyone from Jordan to coach Phil Jackson to supermodel Carmen Electra talking about what happened as Rodman embarked on the journey as the Bulls were trying to complete his. second race in the three-bog championship.

I think Majors would be great as Dennis Rodman! I can’t wait to see this crazy story unfold.