Muhammad Ali The Greatest limited series is in the works from Michael B. Jordan and Amazon

Deadline

Fresh off appearing in Amazon's Alexa Super Bowl ad, Jordan's Outlier Society TV production company has signed a TV deal to make shows for Amazon Prime. The first project will be a limited drama series on the life of heavyweight champion and boxing icon Muhammad Ali, titled The Greatest, which will be made in partnership with Ali's estate and Jay-Z’s Roc Nation. It'll be written by Josh Wakely. Jordan isn't expected to play Ali since he's closely associated with portraying Apollo Creed in the Creed films. “It’s an incredible honor and I bring tons of respect to it,” Jordan tells Deadline. “It’s a healthy weight to carry, to be able to tell the story of Muhammad Ali. It’s called The Greatest right now and we’re partnered with Roc Nation on the music side of things. It’s a project where we’ve partnered with the estate and we’ll be able to tell this story with no red tape. It’s a limited series that will really dive into the life of Muhammad Ali. I’m not going to be too specific beyond that, but we’ll be able to get to know him in ways we haven’t had a chance to before. I’m really excited about it, as a boxing enthusiast and since this is the world I’ve been living in the past five or six years with the Creed franchise. To be able to honor Muhammad Ali and elaborate on his legacy is something I’m really excited about, and I know Jen and Amazon are as well.”