New Apple+ Trailer: They Call Me Magic - Magic Johnson four-part series directed by Rick Famuyiwa premieres on April 22.


Apple TV+ Debuts First Trailer for Magic Johnson Doc ‘They Call Me Magic’
The four-part series is directed by Rick Famuyiwa and premieres on April 22.

BY JAMES HIBBERD
MARCH 12, 2022 8:00AM

Magic Johnson ELTON ANDERSON/ ASPIRETV

Apple TV+ released the trailer for its inside look at the life of basketball legend Earvin “Magic” Johnson.
They Call Me Magic is a four-part documentary series chronicling Johnson’s journey from Los Angeles Lakers legend to changing the conversation around HIV to becoming a community activist.


Apple released the trailer ahead of the project’s Saturday debut at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas.

The series directed by Rick Famuyiwa (The Mandalorian) features new interviews with Johnson, his family, and a lineup that includes Larry Bird, LL Cool J, Snoop Dogg, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Jordan, Shaquille O’Neil, President Obama, Fred Stabley Jr., Dwayne Wade, Jerry West and Michael Wilbon.
The project is the latest Apple TV+ documentary, joining the Emmy-winning Boys State, plus The Velvet Underground, Beastie Boys Story and Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry.
 
I'm ready for it, as a kid I went to his basketball camp in our hometown of Lansing, Michigan. During that week, Magic brought out Dr. J and he was dunking & Magic's homie Isiah Thomas was there, too. It was a dope camp.
 
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