Don Cheadle Confirms Michael Jordan Is in SPACE JAM: A NEW LEGACY
If you’re going to make a Space Jam sequel, you better at least make an attempt to get Michael Jordan involved. As you know, Jordan, the best basketball player to have ever played the game, led the original ‘90s movie. I’ve been wondering if we would actually make an appearance in LeBron James’s Space Jam: Legacy, and you might be happy to know that he does.
Don Cheadle, who plays the villain in the film, confirmed Jordan’s involvement in an interview with Access Hollywood. When asked if Jordan could be appearing in the movie, he replied:
"Michael Jordan is in the movie. But not in the way you'd expect it."
I’m not sure what he means by “not in the way you’d expect.” Will he be appearing as an animated character? Will he appear in form of footage from the original film? It’ll be interesting to see how they ended up bringing Jordan to Space Jam: Legacy.
Space Jam: A New Legacy was directed by Malcolm D. Lee (Barbershop: The Next Cut, Girls Trip, Night School). “When LeBron and his young son Dom (Cedric Joe) are trapped in a digital space by a rogue A.I., LeBron must get them home safe by leading Bugs, Lola Bunny and the whole gang of notoriously undisciplined Looney Tunes to victory over the A.I.’s digitized champions on the court: a powered-up roster of professional basketball stars as you’ve never seen them before. It’s Tunes versus Goons in the highest-stakes challenge of his life, that will redefine LeBron’s bond with his son and shine a light on the power of being yourself. The ready-for-action Tunes destroy convention, supercharge their unique talents and surprise even ‘King’ James by playing the game their own way.”
The film is being produced by Ryan Coogler, and the film also stars Star Trek: Discovery's Sonequa Martin-Green, who was cast as LeBron's wife, Don Cheadle as the rogue AI named Al-G Rhythm, Ceyair Wright, who plays the older son, Darius, and Harper Leigh Alexander as his daughter, Xosha.
Space Jam: A New Legacy arrives in theaters on July 16, 2021.