{"id":928933,"date":"2026-10-15T10:18:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T10:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/928933\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T10:18:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T10:18:11","slug":"the-greatest-prime-videos-muhammad-ali-series-gets-first-official-trailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/928933\/","title":{"rendered":"‘The Greatest’: Prime Video’s Muhammad Ali Series Gets First Official Trailer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Prime Video has released the official trailer for The Greatest, an eight-part scripted series following the early life and rise of boxing legend Muhammad Ali. Newcomer Jaalen Best stars as Cassius Clay\/Muhammad Ali, alongside Michael Ealy as Malcolm X, Amin Joseph as Sonny Liston and Giovanni Ribisi as Angelo Dundee. Executive produced by Ali\u2019s widow, Lonnie Ali, the first authorised scripted series about the boxing icon premieres all eight episodes on 4 November 2026.<\/p>\n

Rocky. Raging Bull. Million Dollar Baby. Creed. The Hurricane. Hollywood has given us some unforgettable stories about stepping into the boxing<\/a> ring, but few can hold a candle to what Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. achieved as Muhammad Ali. Olympic gold medallist, three-time heavyweight world champion and arguably the greatest boxer of all time, Ali didn\u2019t need Hollywood to make his life extraordinary.<\/p>\n

Now, Prime Video<\/a> is bringing that extraordinary life back to the screen with The Greatest<\/a>, an eight-part drama starring newcomer Jaalen Best as the young Cassius Clay. The streaming service has released the first official trailer ahead of the series\u2019 4 November premiere, when all eight episodes will arrive exclusively on Prime Video.<\/p>\n

Unlike a straightforward sporting biopic focused on famous fights and championship belts, The Greatest promises to explore the man behind the legend. It\u2019s the first authorised scripted series about Ali\u2019s life, with his widow, Lonnie Ali, serving as an executive producer. And judging by the trailer, there\u2019s as much going on outside the ropes as there is inside them.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

From Cassius Clay to Muhammad Ali <\/p>\n

The trailer takes us back to Louisville, Kentucky, where a young Clay is weighing up his future in professional boxing after winning Olympic gold. His family has their own ideas about what that future should look like, but Clay already knows he has the talent, confidence and personality to become something much bigger.<\/p>\n

We see flashes of his rapid rise through the heavyweight ranks, including his famous clash with Sonny Liston, alongside the relationships and political convictions that would shape the man he became. There\u2019s also a glimpse of the larger-than-life character who could turn practically anything into a performance, declaring, \u201cI\u2019m young, I\u2019m pretty, I\u2019m fast, and I can\u2019t be beat.\u201d<\/p>\n

Further Reading <\/p>\n

Even before he floated like a butterfly and stung like a bee, the man had a way with words.<\/p>\n

\"The1\/5Jaalen Best as Cassius Clay during his Olympic boxing career in The Greatest. | Image: Supplied More Than Boxing\u2019s GOAT <\/p>\n

But the trailer makes it clear this isn\u2019t just about winning fights. As Clay begins to find his voice in a changing America, the series explores the expectations placed on a Black heavyweight champion, his growing social consciousness and his determination to make his own decisions, even when the world would rather he kept quiet.<\/p>\n

Best leads a cast that includes Omari Hardwick as Cassius Clay Sr., Dana Gourrier as his mother, Odessa \u2018Bird\u2019 Clay, and Kai Parham as his brother Rudy. Amin Joseph plays Sonny Liston, Giovanni Ribisi plays legendary trainer Angelo Dundee, and Michael Ealy portrays Malcolm X.<\/p>\n

Series creator Ben Watkins (known for Cross) serves as showrunner, with Michael B. Jordan\u2019s Outlier Society and Jay-Z\u2019s Roc Nation among the companies bringing Ali\u2019s story to television.<\/p>\n

Many have tried to capture Muhammad Ali on screen, including Will Smith\u2019s Oscar-nominated performance in 2001\u2019s Ali (watch out for that smack, Chris). With Ali\u2019s family involved and eight episodes exploring his early years, The Greatest has a chance to show the man behind the bravado and the knockout punch.<\/p>\n

All eight episodes of The Greatest premiere exclusively on Prime Video on 4 November 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Readtime: 4 min Every product is carefully selected by our editors and experts. If you buy from a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":928934,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,802,134,344,15230],"class_list":["post-928933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-prime-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/928933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=928933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/928933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/928934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=928933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=928933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=928933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}