With the recent announcement that James has inked a production deal with Warner Bros., the Cleveland Cavaliers star sent basketball and movie fans alike into a tizzy with the prospect that he might be like Mike in one more way — by making a new “Space Jam” movie.
Warner Bros. is the studio that made the original sports-themed Jordan-meets-Looney-Tunes big-screen comedy, which grossed $230 million worldwide back in 1996, and James has been associated by some with a potential sequel in the past. So far nothing official has materialized, and Warners has declined to comment about the possibility of a “Space Jam 2.”
Even so, considering contemporary Hollywood’s penchant for revisiting and repackaging well-known intellectual properties, it would hardly be surprising if Warner Bros. and James’ camp were exploring a “Space Jam” project on at least a preliminary level.
James, after all, has recently received fine notices for his first big-screen role, playing an exaggerated version of himself in the Amy Schumer comedy “Trainwreck,” while also serving as an executive producer on the Starz series “Survivor’s Remorse.”