One of the best things that Uninterrupted has produced is The Shop, a series of videos that take place in a barber shop and features LeBron James and others chopping it up in a barber shop. The episode with Draymond Green, which dropped during the 2017 NBA offseason, was especially great.
It’s something that you can just tell would work beyond Uninterrupted, and apparently, HBO has won the chance to turn it into something bigger than a web series. According to Uninterrupted’s Twitter account, which tweeted out a few clips of the show, The Shop will make its HBO debut on Aug. 28.
Real talk from @SnoopDogg like you’ve never heard before. UNINTERRUPTED is excited to announce the unscripted series THE SHOP with the first episode dropping 8/28, exclusively on @HBO. pic.twitter.com/EpyFdHwCxC
— UNINTERRUPTED (@uninterrupted) July 26, 2018
“I still regret giving my 14-year-old my name.” – @KingJames
This and more real, unfiltered conversation with @OBJ_3, @mavcarter, and more in UNINTERRUPTED’s unscripted series THE SHOP.
First episode dropping 8/28, exclusively on @HBO. pic.twitter.com/zIoxEgBnJn
— UNINTERRUPTED (@uninterrupted) July 26, 2018
“This show is real, it’s candid and it’s the essence of conversation,” James told The Hollywood Reporter. “And we know with social media and text being the way people communicate, the form of conversation, actually talking, is kind of lost art.
“When I was a kid, being in barbershops meant listening to adults talk about sports, clothing, politics, music, everything happened in the shop,” James continued. “It was so real and so candid; no one had a sense of, well I can’t be myself here. That’s how The Shop became an idea.”
The Hollywood Reporter also brought word that the first episode will feature an absolutely loaded list of guests: James, Carter, Snoop Dogg, Odell Beckham Jr., Alvin Kamara, Draymond Green, Candace Parker, and Jon Stewart. One of the rumored reasons James was eyeing a move to Los Angeles last year was that it provided him the flexibility to pursue more off-the-court interests, and if that’s true, the fact that The Shop exists is an example of why that was a smart move.
(Via The Hollywood Reporter)
