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Space Jam: A New Legacy (also known as Space Jam 2) is an upcoming American live-action/animated sports comedy film directed by Malcolm D. Lee, serving as a standalone sequel to Space Jam (1996). It will mark the first theatrically released film to feature the Looney Tunes characters since Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003), and like the previous hybrid films, it will be a combination of live-action, traditional hand-drawn animation, and 3D CGI effects. The film stars basketball player LeBron James as a fictionalized version of himself along with Don Cheadle, Khris Davis, and Sonequa Martin-Green in live-action roles, while Jeff Bergman, Eric Bauza, and Zendaya headline the Looney Tunes voice cast.
Talks for a Space Jam successor began after the release of the first film, which Joe Pytka would have returned to direct. Spike Brandt and Tony Cervone signed on as the animation supervisors, but eventually the deal fell through due to Michael Jordan’s refusal to return. Several possible spin-offs focusing on other athletes, including Jeff Gordon, Tiger Woods, and Tony Hawk, were also discussed, but never came to fruition. After several years of languishing, a LeBron James-led sequel was officially announced in 2014 with filming beginning under Terence Nance in June 2019 around Los Angeles. After a few weeks into filming, Nance left the project and Lee was hired to replace him in July 2019.
Space Jam: A New Legacy is scheduled to be released, by Warner Bros. Pictures in the United States on July 16, 2021, both in theaters and on HBO Max for a month after its theatrical release.
Space Jam: A New Legacy cast
| Space Jam: A New Legacy Directed by | Malcolm D. Lee |
|---|---|
| Produced by | Ryan Coogler, LeBron James, Maverick Carter, Duncan Henderson |
| Screenplay by | Juel Taylor Tony Rettenmaier Keenan Coogler Terence Nance Jesse Gordon Celeste Ballard |
| Story by | Juel Taylor Tony Rettenmaier Keenan Coogler Terence Nance |
| Based on | Space Jam written by Leo Benvenuti & Steve Rudnick and Timothy Harris & Herschel Weingrod |
| Starring | LeBron James, Don Cheadle, Khris Davis, Sonequa Martin-Green, Jeff Bergman, Eric Bauza, Zendaya |
| Music by | Kris Bowers |
| Cinematography | Salvatore Totino |
| Edited by | Bob Ducsay |
| Production companies | Warner Animation Group, Proximity Media, The SpringHill Company |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Release date | July 16, 2021 (United States) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $150 million |
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Space Jam: A New Legacy story
Space Jam: A New Legacy Basketball champion and global icon LeBron James and his youngest son Dom (Cedric Joe)—who dreams of being a video game developer rather than follow his father’s footsteps—find themselves trapped in the Warner 3000 entertainment server-verse, a virtual space ruled by a rogue A.I. named Al-G Rhythm (Don Cheadle). LeBron must save his son and get them home safely by leading Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Lola Bunny, and other notoriously undisciplined Looney Tunes to win a basketball match against Al-G’s digitized champions on the court, the Goon Squad: a team of powered-up virtual avatars of professional basketball stars.
Space Jam: A New Legacy Character
- LeBron James as himself. James also voices himself in animated form.
- Alex Huerta as a young LeBron James
- Don Cheadle as Al-G Rhythm, an evil computer A.I. whose name is a pun on “algorithm”.
- Sonequa Martin-Green as Kamiyah James, LeBron’s wife.
- Cedric Joe as Dominic “Dom” James, LeBron’s younger son.
- Ceyair J. Wright as Darius James, LeBron’s oldest son.
- Harper Leigh Alexander as Xosha James, LeBron’s daughter.
Space Jam: A New Legacy Music
Space Jam: A New Legacy In January 2020, Hans Zimmer was announced as the composer for the film. By April of the same year, Kris Bowers was announced to be working with Zimmer as co-composers. However, in January 2021, it was officially confirmed that Bowers will receive sole credit. The Space Jam: A New Legacy soundtrack will be released and labeled by Republic Records and WaterTower Music.
| No. | Space Jam: A New Legacy song list | Performer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | “We Win” | Lil Baby, Kirk Franklin |
| 2. | “Control The World” | 24kGoldn, Lil Wayne |
| 3. | “See Me Fly” | Chance the Rapper, John Legend, Symba |
| 4. | “Hoops” | Saweetie, Salt-N-Pepa, Kash Doll |
| 5. | “Pump Up The Jam” | Lil Uzi Vert |
| 6. | “Just For Me” | SAINt JHN, SZA |
| 7. | “Crowd Go Crazy” | John Legend |
| 8. | “Mercy” | Jonas Brothers |
| 9. | “Gametime” | Lil Tecca, Aminé |
| 10. | “About That Time” | Dame D.O.L.L.A., G-Eazy, P-Lo, White Dave |
| 11. | “MVP” | BROCKHAMPTON |
| 12. | “Settle the Score” | Cordae, DUCKWRTH |
| 13. | “Goin’ Looney” | Big Freedia |
| 14. | “Shoot My Shot” | Joyner Lucas |
| 15. | “My Guy” | Leon Bridges |
| 16. | “The Best” | Anthony Ramos |
Space Jam: A New Legacy Marketing
Space Jam: A New Legacy On April 3, 2021, the first trailer was released online and revealed a number of references and cameos of characters from franchises owned by Warner Bros., including various Hanna-Barbera shows (including but not limited to The Flintstones, The Yogi Bear Show, The Magilla Gorilla Show, The Peter Potamus Show, Frankenstein Jr. and The Impossibles, Space Ghost, The Herculoids, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, Dynomutt, Dog Wonder, Jabberjaw, and Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels), DC Comics, Animaniacs, Game of Thrones, Mad Max, The Lord of the Rings, Wizarding World, The Matrix, The Hobbit, and ThunderCats; as well as films, such as The Wizard of Oz, The Maltese Falcon, King Kong, A Clockwork Orange, The Mask, Smallfoot, Casablanca, The Goonies, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? The Iron Giant, and It, among many others. Jordan Hoffman from Vanity Fair compared the trailer to Disney’s Tron franchise and fellow Warner Bros. film Ready Player One.
Space Jam: A New Legacy On June 10, 2021, Warner Bros released another trailer for the Space Jam: A New Legacy film, which also included various cameos and references to characters from WB franchises, such as of Animaniacs, Batman, King Kong, ThunderCats, Harry Potter, The Devils, and more, in addition to showing the Goon Squad (composed of avatars of various famous NBA players such as Klay Thompson, Anthony Davis, Damian Lillard, Diana Taurasi, Nneka Ogwumike) and Zendaya as Lola Bunny. Brianna Zigler of Paste Magazine remarked, “The film looks like it might be fun in a turn-your-brain-off-and-enter-the-void sort of way.”
Space Jam: A New Legacy Release date
Space Jam: A New Legacy is scheduled to be released by Warner Bros. Pictures in theaters in the United States on July 16, 2021 in RealD 3D and IMAX. It will also simultaneously be released on HBO Max, available for subscribers to view free of cost for one month. In September 2020, SpringHill Co. Entertainment signed a 4-year contract with Universal Pictures, making this their fourth and final independent production.
