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Frank Marshall has claimed his documentary Rachel, Breathe was pulled from ESPN2’s schedule astatine nan past minute.
In a station connected X, nan shaper and head wrote: “I’m sad to study that Rachel, Breathe will not premiere connected ESPN2 today. After respective days of negotiations that should person been very elemental and were not astir money, but rights, nan ESPN lawyers stopped talking to america an hr earlier broadcast and said, “sign it now aliases we are pulling nan show”.
“I’m highly disappointed for Rachel and John and full squad that spent 2 years making this movie astir hope, emotion and friendship. We stay genuinely excited for nan time this documentary reaches nan world, it is simply not tonight. And conscionable for illustration Rachel, we stay resilient and nan infinitesimal I cognize wherever and erstwhile nan premiere is, you will perceive from me.”
I'm sad to study that RACHEL, BREATHE, will not premiere connected ESPN2 today. After respective days of negotiations that should person been very elemental and were not astir money, but rights, nan ESPN lawyers stopped talking to america an hr earlier broadcast and said, "sign it now aliases we are…
— Frank Marshall (@LeDoctor) April 20, 2026Marshall provided nary discourse connected what nan rumor hinged. He had antecedently posted connected societal media connected Saturday to opportunity nan doc, which tells nan communicative of marathon runner Rachel Foster, would motorboat connected ESPN2 astatine 7pm ET nan pursuing time connected ESPN2, pinch a repetition airing coming instantly pursuing sum of nan Boston marathon.
The doc does not show up connected ESPN2 schedules, though location is reference to nan timeslot erstwhile searching Google online. We person contacted ESPN for remark and clarity.
Rachel, Breathe is billed arsenic “an friendly exploration of nan transformative powerfulness of moving done nan miraculous communicative of marathoner Rachel Foster,” who completed nan Boston Marathon 2023 conscionable 5 months aft waking from a coma that she was not expected to look from.
Per nan synopsis: “Despite nan triumph of that infinitesimal and emotion for illustration she was connected nan way to a afloat betterment of her life arsenic it was, caller challenges arise. The movie follows Rachel, now preparing to tally nan 2025 Boston Marathon arsenic a reclamation of self, to beryllium that though her reality has changed, her principle remains nan same. Interweaving Rachel’s travel to tally Boston past and present, nan movie explores themes of loss, love, grit, friendship, redemption and transcendence.”
Marshall is nan head done The Kennedy Marshall Company. He produces alongside Aly Parker, Tony Rosenthal and Joanna Forscher, who is besides nan writer. Exec producers are Rebecca Covington, Mark Rooks, Frank Igrec and Alexandra Bowen. Beatriz Browne is supervising shaper and Ellie Vargas id subordinate producer.
