LeBron James has revealed on his Instagram that Space Jam 2 is still on the track to be released in 2021.
As the coronavirus pandemic has affected every field of life including movie and TV show production, this news comes as a source of comfort for the people waiting for Space Jam’s next sequel.
A Boomerang video posted by LeBron that was watched by his 63 million followers might have a clue about the title of the upcoming sequel, fans have theorized.
In the video, LeBron could be seen wearing a cap with “Space Jam: A New Legacy” written on it. People are assuming that the star might have given away the possible name and logo for the upcoming movie.
In the comments of LeBron’s Instagram post, a fan wrote: “We just have to get through this year and 2021 will be great.” Another commented: “Dreams do come true.”
A third requested: “Push up the date a lil bit I’m bored.” Honestly, the entire humanity is bored, we feel for you mate.
In 2019, Warner Bros. confirmed that the next sequel of Space Jam series will be released on July 16, 2021. While it’s hard to speculate whether that date would be upheld or not but 2021 sure seems to be a promising year.
Work on the movie commenced last summer and there were reports that the crew and cast would start shooting in June 2019.
It was speculated by fans that this time frame was selected in order to give the people working on the movie enough time to finish the process before NBA training camps started for the 2019-2020 session. And, obviously, LeBron also has to play for Los Angeles Lakers.
At the NBA All-Star Weekend in Charlotte, LeBron spoke to a crowd, saying: “I’m gonna be in Space Jam 2. We start filming that this summer.”
Earlier in 2020, Nike uncovered the uniforms that Monstars and Tune Squad were supposed to wear for the sequel. They also revealed the new LeBron 17 sneakers.
There’s no definite notion of whether the movie will have a storyline similar to the original 1996 Space Jam movie that starred Michael Jordan but looking at the uniforms revealed by Nike, it can be safely assumed that there will be a basketball match in the movie.
LeBron will not be the only LA Lakers player in the movie as there is news of Anthony Davis, Klay Thompson, Damian Lillard, Diana Taurasi, and Chris Paul starring as well.
Another notable name from the cast is Don Cheadle but his exact role is still shrouded in mystery.
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