While we await an official trailer, Warner Bros. has released eight character posters from their upcoming live-action/animated sequel Space Jam: A New Legacy, featuring Bugs Bunny and the iconic Tune Squad as they partner up with a new basektball legend in current Los Angeles Lakers forward and 4x NBA Champion LeBron James (Trainwreck).
In addition to LeBron, the posters spotlight Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Lola Bunny, Tweety Bird, Taz, Road Runner, and Speedy Gonzalez and with their arrival, it's only a matter of time before we get a full-length trailer as the studio deployed a similar marketing strategy with Mortal Kombat earlier this year.
The plot will see James reunite the Tune Squad, after he and his son (Cedric Joe) are trapped in a virtual space by a rogue algorithm named Al-G Rhythm (Don Cheadle), and lead the hilarious, albeit undisclipined Looney Tunes against Al-G's digitized champions on the basketball court.
Malcolm D. Lee (Night School) is directing and Ryan Coogler (Black Panther) is producing the upcoming sequel, which will star James in the lead role opposite Bugs Bunny, doing his best to fill the shoes of the legendary Michael Jordan, a.k.a. the greatest basketball player of all-time, who starred in the original 1996 classic.
The supporting cast will feature Academy Award-nominee Don Cheadle (Avengers: Endgame) as the main villain, Sonequa Martin-Green (Star Trek: Discovery) as James' wife, and Ceyair J. Wright (American Skin) as James' eldest son. Basketball co-stars remain a mystery for now, but the cast is rumored to feature the likes of Klay Thompson, Anthony Davis, Damian Lillard, Chris Paul, Kyle Kuzma, Diana Taurasi, Nneka Ogwumike and Chiney Ogwumike, amongst several other NBA and WNBA stars.
There are also rumors that additional Warner Bros. characters, including Pennywise, Lord Voldemort, The Wicked Witch of the West, Agent Smith, The Mask, and The Joker, will also appear, but those murmurs remain unconfirmed for now.
Space Jam: A New Legacy will hop into theaters and HBO Max on July 16.
When basketball champion and global icon LeBron James and his young son Dom (Cedric Joe) – who dreams of being a video game developer – are trapped in a virtual space by a rogue algorithm named Al-G Rhythm (Don Cheadle), LeBron must get them home safe by leading Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Lola Bunny and the whole gang of notoriously undisciplined Looney Tunes to victory over the Al-G's digitized champions on the court.