'White Men Can't Jump' Is Getting A Remake
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Yep, the 1992 basketball comedy White Men Can’t Jump, starring Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson, is now in line for a big screen do-over. It’s in the hands of Kenya Barris, the creator of Black-ish, and 20th Century Fox is backing the project, as it did the original.
Ron Shelton, who was also behind classy sporting movies such as Bull Durham, Tin Cup and Cobb, wrote and directed the original film. He isn’t believed to be involved in the new version.
Instead, Kenya Barris will both produce the project and pen the new screenplay. It’s unclear yet who will direct the new movie, who will star in it, and when to expect it. He will write the script and produce the film alongside the athletes-turned-producers Blake Griffin and Ryan Kalil.
The original starred Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes as con artists who fool basketball players about Harrelson’s character’s lack of ability. It was a sleeper hit, grossing $90m worldwide, and was a surprise favorite film of the acclaimed film-maker Stanley Kubrick.
Since Black-ish became a breakout hit for Barris, scooping up Emmy nominations and a recent Golden Globes win for its star Tracee Ellis Ross, he has also written the forthcoming comedy Girl Trip, starring Jada Pinkett Smith, Queen Latifah and Regina Hall, and is set to bring Shaft to the screen once again.
Griffin plays basketball for the Los Angeles Clippers – though he is currently sidelined with a knee injury – while Kalil is an NFL player for the Carolina Panthers. The pair now own a production banner called Mortal Media. They are also working on a remake of the action adventure The Rocketeer, centered around a black female protagonist.
Ron Shelton, who was also behind classy sporting movies such as Bull Durham, Tin Cup and Cobb, wrote and directed the original film. He isn’t believed to be involved in the new version.
Instead, Kenya Barris will both produce the project and pen the new screenplay. It’s unclear yet who will direct the new movie, who will star in it, and when to expect it. He will write the script and produce the film alongside the athletes-turned-producers Blake Griffin and Ryan Kalil.
The original starred Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes as con artists who fool basketball players about Harrelson’s character’s lack of ability. It was a sleeper hit, grossing $90m worldwide, and was a surprise favorite film of the acclaimed film-maker Stanley Kubrick.
Since Black-ish became a breakout hit for Barris, scooping up Emmy nominations and a recent Golden Globes win for its star Tracee Ellis Ross, he has also written the forthcoming comedy Girl Trip, starring Jada Pinkett Smith, Queen Latifah and Regina Hall, and is set to bring Shaft to the screen once again.
Griffin plays basketball for the Los Angeles Clippers – though he is currently sidelined with a knee injury – while Kalil is an NFL player for the Carolina Panthers. The pair now own a production banner called Mortal Media. They are also working on a remake of the action adventure The Rocketeer, centered around a black female protagonist.
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No ...just no and I ain't even read a single letter
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These white men gonna lose their minds. They already think they're under attack by Hollywood.
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Oh and wack
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25 years ago I saw White Men Can't Jump at the cinema with my cousins. In about a year or so I won't be bothering with the remake
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Woody is rolling in his trailer.
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Terrible!
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All these producers should commit suicide
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Straight outta dvd
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"You got D's ? d's, Rosie perez"
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This upsets me way more than a Jumanji remake
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I hope Kevin Hart isn't in it....
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Lord why..
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Nooooo
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? no
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this is my movie. but a remake noooooooo. funniest part is when they was at the park and they scammed ole boy after he had to sell his gun and he was like,"im going to the car and gettin my other gun.....and when i come back im shootin everybody!" quotables for days in that movie
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Rum Middleton wrote: »
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Some movies can be remade, I wouldn't mind a Jumanji remake or Neverending Story. They can potentially be done way better if you get the write director and script, up to date effects. But white men can't jump? nah ? that ?
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watch the car radio argument go from you aint hearing jimi to a fight over whether or not billy ? can say ? when rapping along to whatever song getting played
i hope sofia vergara plays the rosie perez character though and gets butt naked and spends the entire movie trying to get on wheel of fortune
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Sofia damn near just as old as Rosie Perez
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Neophyte Wolfgang wrote: »Some movies can be remade, I wouldn't mind a Jumanji remake or Neverending Story. They can potentially be done way better if you get the write director and script, up to date effects. But white men can't jump? nah ? that ?
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all the sports shows were killin this blake need to get that spacejam role cuz he one injury away from being done in the nba
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who asked for this?
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The first one was ? and there's no need for another one. Where's the creativity in Hollywood?
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The first one was ? and there's no need for another one. Where's the creativity in Hollywood?
? what?! i hope you talkin about another movie cause if you talkin bout wmcj then i think i would have to come to charlotte and slap the hor nets out your mouth
