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Erik Swann

Shooting Stars Director Reveals The Original Cut’s Crazy Runtime, And The Challenge Of Cutting Emotional Scenes

The Cast of Peacock's Shooting Stars

The filmmaking process can be quite incredibly complex, as it features a multitude of hurdles. That was the case for Shooting Stars – the newly released high school biopic centered on LeBron James and his fellow “Fab Five” teammates. In the case of this film, director Chris Robinson had to oversee a number of high-energy basketball sequences, which took some time to craft. However, what also proved to be challenging was the editing process, which saw the creative team cut more than a few scenes, including a particularly emotional one. This was necessary, though, given the movie’s crazy, original runtime. 

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