'White Men Can't Jump' is getting a remake from the Blackish Creator

[Bigbigguy]

Why

“White Men Still Can’t Jump”?

The 1992 basketball comedy “White Men Can’t Jump” is getting a remake from “Black-ish” creator Kenya Barris, Los Angeles Clippers power forward Blake Griffin, and Ryan Kalil of the NFL’s Carolina Panthers.

Barris is producing and writing the script for the revamped “White Men Can’t Jump” under the overall film deal he signed with Fox in September. Griffin and Kalil are producing through their Mortal Media producing company, along with partner Noah Weinstein.

The original “White Men Can’t Jump” starred Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes as basketball hustlers who first oppose each other and then team up. The title comes from Harrelson’s character’s inability to make a dunk shot.

Ron Shelton directed the original movie from his own script, which followed Harrelson character and his girlfriend, played by Rosie Perez, on the run due to gambling debts. The film performed well for Fox, earning more than $90 million at the domestic box office.

Mortal Media is also developing is a remake of “The Rocketeer.”

Barris’ film pact will be administered through his new production company, Khalabo Ink Society, which aims to tell compelling stories that pull back the curtain on the parts of our society that typically go unnoticed.

Khalabo also has a number of feature projects in the works, including “Cheaper by the Dozen,” “Stir Crazy,” “Girls Trip,” “Ruff Ryderz,” and “Shaft.” Barris currently has an overall deal with ABC Studios, where he continues to executive produce “Black-ish.”

Barris is repped by CAA, Principato Young, and Morris Yorn. Griffin and Kalil are repped by CAA and Ziffren Brittenham.

 

[MartyMcFly]

Kenya is writing it so I'm giving it a shot on principle

 

[AnonymityX1000]

The theme/premise is obsolete. Bad idea.

But yo, I was watching this on cable the other day. The ending where he loses Rosie Perez was some real shyt and kinda unexpected in hindsight. Kudos to the OG version for that choice.

 

[BXKingPin82]

Meanwhile...

Question tho

Do they sometimes just take old shyt just for the name?

 

[MartyMcFly]

Meanwhile...

Question tho

Do they sometimes just take old shyt just for the name?

Of course. it's a twofold thing of audiences not responding to original content all of the time when they get it, or studios not being willing to bankroll original ideas anymore because they're skittish

 

[p00rky]

Please no. First one was lame

 

[Kingshango]

Hollywood just gotta leave some things alone.

 

[#StarkSet]

Please no. First one was lame

 

[Black Ball]

They should leave it alone. They can't win. It's like making a Total Recall remake.

 

[re'up]

Classic to me.....My boys and I watched it, and had a dubbed VHS tape we used to watch often, and we played ball everyday in middle school, remember bringing your ball clothes/shoes so the blacktop doesn't get on your good clothes? Nostalgia for those days. I used to hustle people too sometimes, after I saw that, rarely for money, just for the laugh.

I was in Venice Beach last spring, at those courts, and the dudes were mostly trash lol I mean not trash trash, but I could run with them. Not at all like the kind of skill I expected after watching 'White Men Can't Jump'.

 

[Dwolf]

This shyt gonna flop

 

[Tunez]

Dont touch it

 

[Roman Brady]

This shyt gonna flop

Like point break and total recall, these movies worked because of the combination of the period it was made and the actors involved but they don't want to know

 

[ORDER_66]

They should leave it alone. They can't win. It's like making a Total Recall remake.

But they remade that one too, remember???

 

[Reggie]

Movies like this shouldn't be touched. Especially when they wont live up to the original and we will walk away feeling disappointed. Instead of these studios making these movies and calling them something else and hoping they turn a profit they market a lot of them as remakes when they have nothing in common with the original movie a lot of the time and still end up flopping when its all said and done with.