Watch first trailer for Adam McKay's 1980s Lakers 'Winning Time' series

"It’s gonna be exciting," reads the official series description. "From Adam McKay, director of "The Big Short" and "Vice," comes a story about the rise of basketball Hall of Famer Magic Johnson (Quincy Isaiah) and the lengths one man (John C. Reilly) will go in pursuit of securing a basketball dynasty."

Adrien Brody also plays Pat Riley, then-head coach of the Lakers. The Hall of Fame fixture led L.A. to four championships in the '80s before moving on to coach the New York Knicks and Miami Heat. Riley current serves as the Heat's team president.

Reilly portrays the late Jerry Buss, former owner of the Los Angeles Lakers, and McKay divulged in a November profile for Vanity Fair that the casting caused a divide in his friendship with longtime collaborator Will Ferrell, who is a big Lakers fan and "had his heart set on the role" of Buss.

"The truth is, the way the show was always going to be done, it’s hyperrealistic," McKay, currently promoting his star-studded Netflix dramedy Don't Look Up, told the publication. “And Ferrell just doesn’t look like Jerry Buss, and he’s not that vibe of a Jerry Buss. And there were some people involved who were like, ‘We love Ferrell, he’s a genius, but we can’t see him doing it.’ It was a bit of a hard discussion.”

Reilly landed the role, and McKay didn't tell Ferrell. "I should have called him, and I didn't," he added.

The 10-episode series is based upon Jeff Pearlman's book titled "Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s."