Space Jam: A New Legacy.Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures
Everybody get up, it’s time to slam now.
LeBron James fans are getting a first look at the upcomingSpace Jamreboot starring the Los Angeles Lakers player, who is taking over for Michael Jordan.EntertainmentWeeklyreleased initial images from the movie, due out in July.
The original 1996, animated and live-action movie followed Jordan as he helped the Looney Tunes win a basketball game against a group of alien bullies.
Space Jam: A New Legacy(2021).Warner Bros. Pictures
“It’s one of the biggest games, if not the biggest game, I’ve ever played in,” James, 36, toldEW. “The Goon Squad is probably the best team ever assembled in basketball history.”
Space Jam: A New Legacy.Warner Bros. Pictures
James, who hilariously portrayed himself in 2015’sTrainwreck, told the outlet that he was first approached about aSpace Jamreboot 15 years ago but “didn’t think I was ready to do anything of that magnitude.”
Sharing the photos from theEWcover story, James wrote of the upcoming movie on Instagram, “Y’ALL NOT READY FOR THIS SQUAD!!!”
When the upcoming film was first announced in 2018, James opened up toThe Hollywood Reporterabout went it meant to him to be part of the project.
“TheSpace Jamcollaboration is so much more than just me and the Looney Tunes getting together and doing this movie,” he told the outlet. “It’s so much bigger. I’d just love for kids to understand how empowered they can feel and how empowered they can be if they don’t just give up on their dreams.”
Space Jam: A New Legacy is set to hit theaters and HBO Max on July 16, HBOannouncedlast month.
source: people.com
