Midwest Movie Maker

After his star turn in 'Trainwreck,' LeBron is looking for more Hollywood opportunities It’s getting even hotter in Cleveland. LeBron James ’ SpringHill Entertainment group and producer Bill Lawrence ( Scrubs , Spin CIty ) will use Cleveland as the setting of a new NBC sitcom. The show, titled There Goes the Neighborhood , follows “the first white family to move into a predominantly black, newly gentrified neighborhood in Cleveland.” Cleveland.com described it as a reverse Jeffersons . Neil Goldman, Garrett Donovan and Ron Funches will write and co-executive produce. James’ SpringHill Entertainment, part of LRMR Management, sold a second series to NBC as well. The drama is based on the life of Dr. James Andrews, a sports medicine surgeon. SpringHill and James already have two shows on the air - Cleveland Hustles on CNBC and Survivor’s Remorse on Starz. A third, The Wall , is a game show set to debut on NBC. There Goes the Neighborhood will join other sitco...

The cast of 'Survivor's Remorse,' LeBron James and Maverick Carter's new Starz Network sit-com We had a little fun this summer after NBA superstar and Akron , Ohio , native and resident LeBron James announced his return to the Cleveland Cavaliers. We thought it would be fun to cast the film version of his return to Northeast Ohio . We had no idea James was already deeply involved in film projects of his own. In late September, James, along with Springhill Productions partner Maverick Carter, one of James’ childhood friends, debut Survivor’s Remorse on the Starz network. The comedy deals with a young basketball phenom as he makes his way in the big leagues. The show is less a reflection of James’ real life than it is of his and Carter’s survivor’s guilt for becoming incredibly successful. “I explained to Tom how I have it sometimes, because of my family and my neighborhood where I come from,” Carter told The New York Times recently. Tom is Tom Werner, produ...