Space Jam: A New Legacy
Space Jam: A New Legacy (also known as Space Jam 2) is a 2021 American live-action/animated sports comedy film co-produced by Warner Animation Group, Proximity Media, and The SpringHill Company, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film was directed by Malcolm D. Lee from a screenplay by Juel Taylor, Tony Rettenmaier, Keenan Coogler, Terence Nance, Jesse Gordon, and Celeste Ballard, and a story by Taylor, Rettenmaier, Coogler, and Nance. It serves as a standalone sequel to Space Jam (1996) and is the first theatrically released film to feature the Looney Tunes characters since Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003). The film stars basketball player LeBron James as a fictional version of himself; Don Cheadle, Khris Davis, Sonequa Martin-Green, and Cedric Joe star in live-action roles, while Jeff Bergman, Eric Bauza, and Zendaya headline the Looney Tunes voice cast. The film follows James enlisting the Looney Tunes' aid to win a basketball game in a Warner Bros.–themed virtual multiverse against a rogue artificial intelligence's avatars after James's son is abducted by the AI.
Plot
In 1998, a young LeBron James is dropped off at a youth league basketball game by his mother. His friend Malik gives him a Game Boy, which LeBron plays with until Coach C demands for him to concentrate on the game. After he misses a potential buzzer beater and is reprimanded by Coach C after the game, an ashamed LeBron discards the Game Boy.
Awards
Cast
- A'ja Wilson
- Anthony Davis
- Bill Murray
- Cedric Joe
- Ceyair J. Wright
- Damian Lillard
- Diana Taurasi
- Don Cheadle
- Draymond Green
- Gerald Johnson
- Harper Leigh Alexander
- Ingrid Bergman
- Jalyn Hall
- Josh Helman
- Khris Davis
- Klay Thompson
- LeBron James
- Lil Rel Howery
- Michael B. Jordan
- Mike Myers
- Nneka Ogwumike
- Robert Wagner
- Sarah Silverman
- Seth Green
- Sonequa Martin-Green
- Stephen Kankole
- Steven Yeun
- Sue Bird
- Wood Harris
- Xosha Roquemore