A Lionsgate TV project about the gambling scandal surrounding Ippei Mizuhara, the former translator for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani , has found a home.

Starz is developing the drama, which will center on Mizuhara, who in March 2024 was fired by the Dodgers after Ohtani’s representatives accused him of stealing millions of dollars from the four-time MVP to pay off gambling debts. Alex Convery ( Air ) is set to serve as showrunner and writer. Justin Lin (the Fast and Furious franchise, SWAT ) is attached to direct and will co-write the story. Convery and Lin will executive produce with Scott Delman; sportswriter Albert Chen is a co-exec producer.

A Lionsgate TV project about the gambling scandal surrounding Ippei Mizuhara, the former translator for Los Angeles Dodge

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