Everybody get up, it’s time to slam now — AGAIN. UPDATE: ESPN reporter says LeBron sources are refuting this and there is no Space Jam 2 in the works.
Eighteen years after the original Space Jam film, Deadline is reporting that LeBron James is set to make his feature film debut in a sequel to the 1996 classic.
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Charlie Ebersol, son of former NBC Sports executive Dick Ebersol, is set to produce a script through his production company, The Company. The script is being written by his brother Willie Ebersol.
Ebersol, pictured second from left alongside New York Giants linebacker Mark Herzlich, Chicago Bears cornerback Charles Tillman, and New York Jets center Nick Mangold.
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In the original film, Michael Jordan teamed up with Bugs Bunny and the Looney Tunes gang in an intergalactic basketball match.
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