Movies - Space Jam: A New Legacy - Discover the trailer

By Mulder, 03 april 2021

Welcome to the Jam! NBA champion and global icon LeBron James embarks on a wild ride alongside Bugs Bunny in Malcolm D. Lee's Space Jam: A new legacy . Lee's Space Jam: A new legacy, which mixes animation and live action. Ryan Coogler and Maverick Carter are also part of the film's team!

This journey of initiation, which makes two worlds collide, shows how far some parents are willing to go to get along with their children. LeBron and his young son Dom are trapped in a digital space by a malevolent artificial intelligence. The basketball player must get his little boy home safely, defeating Bugs, Lola Bunny and their fellow Looney Tunes - known for their quick thinking - against the artificial intelligence's digital champions: a team of NBA and WNBA stars with more power than ever before! The Tunes take on the Goons, and for LeBron, it's the riskiest fight of his life: it will determine his relationship with his son and prove how important it is to be himself. The Tunes, ready to take the fight to the court, turn convention on its head, rely on their unparalleled skills and even surprise "King" James with a play that is uniquely theirs.

Space Jam: A New Legacy is an American live-action/animated sports comedy directed by Malcolm D. Lee, with a script by Juel Taylor, Tony Rettenmaier, Keenan Coogler and Terence Nance. Acting as a reboot of Space Jam (1996), this film will be the first theatrical release to feature Looney Tunes characters since Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003), and like the previous hybrid films, it will be a combination of live action and traditional hand-drawn 2D animation with some CGI effects. It also features Looney Tunes characters such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Marvin the Martian and Tweety (all played by Eric Bauza), as well as Sylvester and Foghorn Leghorn (played by Jeff Bergman), Lola Bunny (played by Kath Soucie).

This reboot was officially announced in 2014, and after several years of languishing, filming began under the direction of Terence Nance in June 2019 around Los Angeles. After a few weeks of shooting, Nance left the project; Lee was hired to replace him in July 2019. Production wrapped in September 2019. Space Jam: A New Legacy is scheduled by Warner Bros. Pictures in the U.S. on July 16, 2021, both in theaters and on HBO Max for one month after its theatrical release.

LeBron James stars with Don Cheadle (the Avengers saga, Hotel rwanda), Khris Davis (Judas and the black messiah, the Atlanta series), Sonequa Martin-Green (the walking dead series, Star Trek: discovery), rookie Cedric Joe, Jeff Bergman (Looney Tunes cartoons) and Eric Bauza (Looney tunes cartoons).

Lee (Girls trip, Night school) directs from a script by Juel Taylor & Tony Rettenmaier & Keenan Coogler & Terence Nance. The film is produced by Ryan Coogler, LeBron James, Maverick Carter and Duncan Henderson, while Sev Ohanian, Jamal Henderson, Allison Abbate, Jesse Ehrman, Spencer Beighley, Justin Lin, Terence Nance and Ivan Reitman are executive producing.

The director was surrounded by cinematographer Salvatore Totino (Spider-man: Homecoming), animation producer Troy Nethercott (Wonderland), cinematographers Kevin Ishioka (The Mule), Akin McKenzie (In Their Eyes) and Clint Wallace (Eternals), editor Bob Ducsay (Godzilla 2: King of the Monsters, Star Wars: Episode viii - The Last Jedi), cinematographer Melissa Bruning (Rampage, Planet of the Apes: Supremacy) and composer Kris Bowers (Greenbook, The Bridgerton Chronicle).

The film will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures from July 14, 2021.

While waiting for our review on July 14th, discover the character posters and the first official photos on our Flickr page here

Synopsis:
When LeBron James and his young son Dom 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.

Space Jam: A New Legacy
Directed by Malcolm D. Lee
Produced by Ryan Coogler, LeBron James, Maverick Carter, Duncan Henderson
Screenplay by Juel Taylor, Tony Rettenmaier,Keenan Coogle, Terence Nance
Based on Looney Tunes by Warner Bros.
Starring LeBron James, Don Cheadle, Khris Davis, Sonequa Martin-Green, Cedric Joe, Jeff Bergman, Eric Bauza
Music by Kris Bowers
Cinematography : Salvatore Totino
Edited by Bob Ducsay
Production companies : Warner Animation Group, Proximity Media, SpringHill Entertainment
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date : July 16, 2021 (United States), July 14 , 2021 (France)