HBO’s 1980s Showtime Lakers pilot has added two more faces to its cast.
Quincy Isaiah and Solomon Hughes will star in the drama pilot as Earvin “Magic” Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, respectively. They join previously announced cast members John C. Reilly and Jason Clarke.
Based on the Jeff Pearlman book “Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s,” the untitled show will dramatize the professional and personal lives of the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers, described in the series logline as “one of sports’ most revered and dominant dynasties-a team that defined its era, both on and off the court.”