The life story of Ted Williams, one of the MLB’s greatest batters in history, will be adapted into a miniseries.
Atmosphere Entertainment’s Mark Canton is partnering with Mandalay Sports Media’s Mike Tollin and Peter Guber to option the biography The Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted Williams written by Ben Bradlee Jr.
The currently untitled series does not yet have a writer. However, it will certainly follow Williams’ successful career in baseball, including playing for the Boston Red Sox and his rivalry with the New York Yankees and its star player Joe DiMaggio. In 1941, Williams had a batting average of .406, making him the last player to bat over .400 in a single season. He hit 521 homeruns in his career, and was deemed the American League’s Most Valuable Player twice. He is also a two-time winner of the Triple Crown.
Williams was not only a baseball star, but a battlefield hero as well. The series will likely look at his time in the military, when he served as a flight instructor in World War II and a fighter pilot in the Korean War.
Tollin told Deadline that the series will show the personal life of Williams as well, who had a troubled upbringing with an absent alcoholic father and a mother who volunteered all of her time to the Salvation Army. He also had multiple marriages that ended in divorce, and had an uncomfortable relationship with the Boston media and fans.
