LeBron James is getting closer to becoming a movie star.
The news that Lionsgate has acquired distribution rights for the documentary "More Than a Game" is good news for the Cavaliers star. Lionsgate specializes in releasing and promoting documentaries. It distributed the most successful documentary in history, Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11," which grossed $119 million in 2004.
Lionsgate announced today that it had acquired rights to the documentary, and plans to release it in the fall of 2009.
"More Than a Game," which had its world premiere in September at the Toronto International Film Festival, follows the friendships and basketball exploits of James and his teammates at St. Vincent-St. Mary High School in Akron. James is also an executive producer of the film.
Variety reported that it was an unusual deal that also involves sponsors, but terms were not disclosed.
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