Barry Bonds documentary is announced by HBO however he is currently NOT slated to participate

HBO and Words+ have announced a documentary about former San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds, though Bonds has not yet appeared in the film.

The door remains open for Bonds to participate, according to the official release on the film, which said: ‘The filmmakers will include a diverse cast of influential figures from the life and career of Barry Bonds, and the opportunity for Bonds to actively participate and share his first-hand experience remains available.’

Additionally, the film’s official synopsis would go on to read, “The self-titled HBO sports documentary will tell the story of Barry Bonds, baseball’s single-season and all-time home run king, from his beginnings as the son of the All-Star.” Bobby Bonds, and godson of the iconic Willie Mays, all the way up to his meteoric rise in the 1990s and 2000s.

Using archival footage and original interviews, the film will chronicle Bonds’ rise as one of the game’s most talented all-around players with the Pittsburgh Pirates and San Francisco Giants and then his years as a superstar with the Giants as he rewrote the record book behind in his thirties amid controversy.”

“The whole path from Bonds to the threshold of the Hall of Fame has been an epic story of sport, society and culture in America.”

Bonds still has a long list of MLB records tainted by steroid use, and is currently uncast

The film is directed by Keith McQuirter, who has directed several major projects

The film is directed by Keith McQuirter, the famous director of ‘The Times of Godfather of Harlem’ and heavily involved in the production of the critically acclaimed docuseries ‘The Last Dance’.

McQuirter grew up in the Bay Area as Bonds set the MLB home run record and was the biggest star in the area.

Bonds still holds the records for career home runs of 762 and season home runs of 73 to this day, though they have been tainted by his well-described use of steroids.

“Growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1990s, Barry Bonds was the ultimate superstar,” McQuirter said in a statement.

“You couldn’t escape his name or his playing, his story or his personality. Every time he stepped on the plate, the energy was electric – because he wasn’t just competing with his contemporaries, he was competing with history. Bonds was undoubtedly controversial, but no matter how you felt about him, his quest to become the greatest player of all time was fascinating.’

Through a series of interviews, we will shed light on Bonds’ untold story and provide an intimate behind-the-scenes look. It will all lead to a complex journey that has been one of the most enduring and consistent stories in American sports history – one I can’t wait to tell.”