New Space Jam Movie Gets Its First Images Featuring Lebron James And Don Cheadle
As Space Jam: A New Legacy is nearing its release in theaters and HBO Max on July 16, Entertainment Weekly has a cover story on the sequel offering a first look with some stills. There are a few you can see in the tweet below, and an additional handful in the story, which focuses more on LeBron James’s dedication of learning how to act and offers a few details on the plot.
Game on! In @SpaceJamMovie, @KingJames leads the charge as the Looney Tunes’ superteam reunites for the craziest basketball game anyone has ever witnessed. See the FIRST LOOK: https://t.co/jurZXtwxBV Story by @derekjlawrence pic.twitter.com/q2ztmQorQd
— Entertainment Weekly (@EW) March 4, 2021
The EW piece confirms a synopsis that leaked late last year for the film, which has James struggling to relate to his son Dom (Ceyair J. Wright) who’s “much more interested in creating games than playing them.” His son’s tech skills attract the attention of a CGI humanoid named AI G Rhythm (Don Cheadle), and lures the father and son into “the Warner 3000 entertainment ‘Server-verse,'” where an epic basketball game will settle a dispute over followers on social media. It sounded far-fetched as the plot last year, and it still does, but according to the EW article, what will really surprise audiences is the film’s surprising emotional depth.
“We go deeper and attempt to hug at the heartstrings,” director Malcolm D. Lee says. Cheadle adds that James has “more acting to do” than Michael Jordan did in the original.
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