8 Upcoming Movie Sequels That Are Doomed To Fail

2. Space Jam 2

Space Jam 2
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Another Justin Lin-directed sequel that may or may not happen, Space Jam 2 is slowly (but surely) chugging along, with a new update every couple of months that brings the project closer and closer to fruition.

But why? The novelty of Space Jam was in seeing the Looney Tunes team up with a popular basketball star (Michael Jordan). Isn't doing the same thing again but with a different star - LeBron James is attached this time around - a little lazy and uninspired?

In addition, the Looney Tunes are nowhere near as popular today as they used to be. Given that those characters are essential to the core of Space Jam, doesn't the fact that they're simply not relevant anymore cause trouble for Space Jam 2 at a conceptual level?

Director of the original movie, Joe Pytka, summed it up best in a chat with EW:

“I think it’s ridiculous to try and make a different movie out of it. I can’t see it. I can’t imagine how it could be what that film was. Not that Space Jam is a great movie, but it had something that touched that period of time because of who those athletes were and it doesn’t exist anymore.”

Hey, Justin Lin: listen to Joseph.

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