WHITE MEN CAN'T JUMP Is the Latest Unnecessary Remake
The creator of ABC's Black-ish, Kenya Barris, is set to develop a remake of Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson's 1992 sports comedy White Men Can't Jump. Barris is teaming up with Mortal Media and Blake Griffin of the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers and Ryan Kalil of the NFL's Carolina Panthers to develop the project for 20th Century Fox. Mortal Media is also developing The Rocketeers for Disney, which centers around a black female Rocketeer lead.
Barris is set to write, direct, and produce the remake, which I think is completely unnecessary. The original film is great, and unless this remake could be a better movie, I don't see what the point is. Who knows, maybe Barris can make a better movie, but remakes are hardly ever better than the original film. It also doesn't seem like a film that is screaming to be remade.
The original movie centered around two street basketball hustlers who at first try to hustle each other, then team up to hustle other people for a lot more money. Rosie Perez also starred in the film as Harrelson's girlfriend.
I can't say that I'm excited about this at the moment. We'll wait to see what kind of remake we're dealing with when a trailer is released.
Source: THR