Producer Rachel Winter’s journey with the film “Shooting Stars” began in Las Vegas. She was eloping with her soon-to-be husband when she read a Vanity Fair article containing excerpts from the book “Shooting Stars,” about how LeBron James and his childhood friends became high school basketball champions.
“He laid out the most perfect story, the ups and downs, the hurdles, and it was basically ‘Stand by Me.’ It’s just a story about a group of friends,” Winter told TheWrap during a new installment of How She Did It, presented by Peacock.
The producer immediately began tracking down the rights to the book, which kicked off a 13-year journey to bringing it to the screen.