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LeBron James’ sequel to “Space Jam” is set to begin production this summer, but according to several reports, the Lakers superstar found it hard to find superstars to appear in the movie.
According to Brian Windhorst, LeBron James is having trouble convincing players to join him in Space Jam 2 👀 pic.twitter.com/WUrJcoeSy7
— Chris Montano (@gswchris) April 4, 2019
“In all honesty, he’s been recruiting players to come and try to be in ‘Space Jam’ with him this summer,” “and he hasn’t been able to close some of those deals. Some of the top guys he wants to come and be with him in the movie … [are saying], ‘You put me in the movie where you’re the star, I’m gonna be the one you’re dunking on.'”
Today we finally learned who is going to be in the main cast and while LeBron wasn’t able to get the biggest names like KD and Steph to join him he was able to convince Damian Lillard, Klay Thompson and Anthony Davis to star in the movie with him.
Space Jam 2 will feature key roles for:
Damian Lillard
Anthony Davis
Klay Thompson
Diana Taurasi
Nneka OgwumikeWill also include several other NBA and WNBA players, per @ShamsCharania pic.twitter.com/b6wBSusYRW
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) June 20, 2019
Sources: Space Jam 2, starring LeBron James, is expected to feature key roles for Damian Lillard, Anthony Davis and Klay Thompson and WNBA stars Diana Taurasi and Nneka Ogwumike. Several more NBA and WNBA players, including Chiney Ogwumike, are expected to play roles in film.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) June 20, 2019
The Internet did notice that most of the cast was composed of players that LeBron has tried to get to the Lakers.
So Anthony Davis will waive his $4.1 million trade kicker to enable the Lakers to sign a max player in free agency and then will be paid $4.1 million for a cameo in Space Jam 2. Duh https://t.co/X2qsPqzvli
— Drew Shiller (@DrewShiller) June 20, 2019
All of the players LeBron is trying to recruit to join the Lakers
— Palms Elite (@PalmsElite) June 20, 2019
Space Jam 2: Tampering by The King. https://t.co/FTMem9WW8N
— Will Petersen (@PetersenWill) June 20, 2019
https://twitter.com/ChrisBarnewall/status/1141509710148964352
https://twitter.com/KSfireslayer/status/1141509568205398017
Space Jam 2 going to be trash confirmed https://t.co/vFk3cHwETj
— sushi (@Aizawas_kitten2) June 20, 2019