NBA superstar LeBron James and SpringHill Entertainment co-founder Maverick Carter have revealed the new Tune Squad uniform in a brief teaser for Space Jam: A New Legacy. The sequel will see the Looney Tunes return to the court with LeBron James joining their team in a new high-stakes game of basketball. Check out the reveal […]
LeBron James reveals Space Jam sequel titled Space Jam: A New Legacy
Some six years after his involvement with the project was first announced, NBA superstar LeBron James has taken to Instagram to unveil the official title for the long-gestating Space Jam sequel – Space Jam: A New Legacy. https://www.instagram.com/p/B_nkZubgRyI/?utm_source=ig_embed Space Jam: A New Legacy is the sequel to the classic 1996 live-action/animated hybrid film which […]
Coming Soon: The Best Trailers of My Lifetime
Matt Rodgers on the best trailers of his lifetime… Trailers have always been a huge part of my film-going experience: making sure you arrive in time in order to watch them in silence, and if someone has been lucky enough to accompany me to the cinema, reaction to the teaser is limited to a thumbs […]
Space Jam 2 to shoot this summer ahead of 2021 release
After several years of rumours, it’s now official: the LeBron James-headlined Space Jam 2 now has an official release date, with James’ production company SpringHill Entertainment announcing on Twitter that the follow-up to the beloved 1996 movie is set for release on July 16th 2021. July 16, 2021 🎥🏀🥕 #SaveTheDate pic.twitter.com/qV1Tnxuksd — SpringHill (@makespringhill) February […]
Space Jam 2 finds a new director
With Justin Lin (Fast & Furious, Star Trek Beyond) vacating the director’s chair, it looks like Warner Bros. has turned to Terence Nance (An Oversimplification of Her Beauty) to bring the long-gestating Space Jam 2 to the big screen. The Wrap is reporting that Nance is currently in talks with the studio to direct the […]
Space Jam 2 director provides an update on the sequel
Back in May of last year, it was officially announced that Justin Lin (Fast & Furious 6, Star Trek Beyond) would be directing NBA star LeBron James in a sequel to 1996’s live-action/animation hybrid Space Jam, and now the filmmaker has provided an update on the project’s status during an interview with Slash Film. “Warner Brothers […]
Examining the Space Jam website, which is still live, 20 years on
Luke Owen takes you back to the past… It’s amazing to think that Space Jam, the movie which saw Michael Jordan play basketball with Bugs Bunny, turns twenty years old today. What do you remember the most about it? The barrage of ‘making of’ features than ran on every movie show? The fantastic soundtrack featuring […]
Flickering Myth’s Formative Movie Experiences
Sean Wilson asks his fellow Flickering Myth writers about the film experiences that shaped their childhoods… I was more than a little startled when hit with the recent revelation that nineties family classic Free Willy this year passed its 22nd birthday. It’s not a lengthy period in the grand scheme of things but for me […]
Original Space Jam director has some harsh advice for the sequel
It was announced last week that Warner Bros. were finally pulling the trigger on making a sequel to 1996’s Space Jam, which starred NBA all-star Michael Jordan and the cast of Looney Tunes. With Justin Lin now at the helm, original Space Jam director Joe Pytka has some very harsh advice for the sequel. “Don’t do […]
