Thanks to some foresight from Adam Silver back in 1997, fans are getting closer to seeing never-before-seen footage from Michael Jordan’s final season in Chicago.

When the now-NBA Commissioner was president of NBA Entertainment, he came up with a plan to have a camera follow the Bulls star around in his daily life. And now, according to a person with knowledge of the project, the league is working to release the footage in a new documentary. The person requested anonymity because the terms of the project have not been completed.

Silver’s plan to document Jordan wasn’t as easy as hiring a few cameramen: He had to get the owner of the Chicago Bulls, the team’s general manager, Jordan and Jordan’s then-agent, David Falk, to sign off on the project. And with the footage came the stipulation that it wouldn’t be released without Jordan’s approval.

That time, it seems, is coming.

More on the planned biopic from the New York Post:

The NBA and CAA (Creative Artists Agency) are shopping a 10-hour authorized documentary about Jordan. Production has not yet started, but the film will mostly be about His Airness’ comeback in the late ’90s (after his stint playing baseball), when he won three of his six championship rings. Production has not yet started, but the film will mostly be about His Airness’ comeback in the late ’90s (after his stint playing baseball), when he won three of his six championship rings. The producing team is led by Mike Tollin, who spearheaded ESPN’s acclaimed “30 for 30” series and is partners with Peter Guber in Mandalay Sports Media.

News of the project comes at a time when the world is celebrating one major landmark in Jordan’s movie career: Space Jam which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this week.