Josh Andrés Rivera is about to play Aaron Hernandez in “American Sports Story” at FX, Variety has confirmed.

“American Sports Story” was initially ordered at FX back in August 2021. It is designed to be a scripted anthological restricted collection specializing in a outstanding occasion and/or determine within the sports activities world, however seen by way of as we speak’s lens and informed by way of a number of views. The first season relies on the podcast “Gladiator: Aaron Hernandez and Football Inc” from the Boston Globe and Wondery.

It will look at the “rise and fall” of Hernandez, together with trying into his identification, his household, his profession, his demise and his legacy. Hernandez was a decent finish for the New England Patriots of the NFL earlier than he was convicted for homicide. He in the end took his personal life in jail in 2017.

Production on the collection had begun earlier this yr however is at present on maintain because of the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike.

Rivera is greatest recognized for starring as Chino in Steven Spielberg’s 2021 remake of the long-lasting musical “West Side Story,” which marked his onscreen debut. He can be set to seem within the upcoming prequel movie “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes.” He is repped by Paradigm, Silver Lining Entertainment, and Jackoway Austen Tyerman.

Stu Zicherman writes and govt produces. Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson additionally govt produce alongside Martin Woodall, Wondery’s Hernan Lopez and Marshall Lewy of Wondery and The Boston Globe’s Linda Pizutti Henry and Ira Napoliello. twentieth Television is the studio.

“American Sports Story” is one in every of a number of “American Story” anthology collection at FX. There can be the upcoming “American Love Story” in addition to established exhibits like “American Crime Story,” “American Horror Story,” and “American Horror Stories.”

Indie Wire first broke the information of Rivera’s casting.