Space Jam 2 Has an Official Title

LeBron James has revealed the official title and logo for Space Jam 2, which appears to be on target to hit theatres in 2021. Taking to Instagram on Thursday, NBA star LeBron James, who is teaming up with the Looney Tunes for more basketball-based hijinks in the forthcoming follow-up, revealed that the title for the next instalment is "Space Jam: A New Legacy." James shared a short video with his 63.6m followers, showing him wearing a black hat emblazoned with the logo for Space Jam: A New Legacy, along with the caption "2021." The official Space Jam Twitter account reposted James' teaser and rebranded its profile to provide a better look at the logo, which pays homage to the original Michael Jordan-starring movie, with a similar circular pattern wrapped around the cosmic-style text. [caption id="attachment_234581" align="alignnone" width="800"] Image Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures[/caption] Warner Bros. currently has Space Jam 2 slated for a July 16, 2021 release date, but they've been trying to get this movie made since 2014. Around this time, the studio announced the sequel would star LeBron James, but it's been slow-moving ever since. Justin Lin came on board as director in 2016 but left the project in 2018. Later that year, Black Panther's Ryan Coogler joined as producer, with Terence Nance hired to direct. The movie started filming on June 25, 2019, but Nance left the project less than a month later, on July 16th, over creative differences. Malcolm D. Lee then replaced him. Meanwhile, Tony Bancroft, one of the directors behind Disney's 1998 Mulan, joined the project as an animator. As progress continues to be made on the animated/live-action mash-up, Space Jam: A New Legacy appears to be on schedule to slam-dunk its 2021 release date despite all of the other shifts, shake-ups, and delays in the film industry recently. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=every-delayed-movie-due-to-coronavirus-so-far&captions=true"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.

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