Metro Manila (CNN Philippines) — Soon after LeBron James’ entertainment company Springhill announced its partnership with Warner Bros. to produce content for television, film, and digital platforms on Thursday (July 23, PHT), social media erupted with speculation that a sequel to the 1996 movie Space Jam was in the works.
It didn’t take long for netizens to get along with the idea.
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So it is Space Jam 2?
— BRANDON JENNINGS (@BrandonJennings) July 22, 2015
Rumors
of Space Jam 2 with @KingJames
got me like… http://t.co/LrOK2wnupU
—
Ashlyn Harris (@Ashlyn_Harris) July
23, 2015
They
need to make that Space Jam 2 with Lebron. It makes sense. Space jam had a
big impact on my life. SJ2 would do the same for kids today.
— Tyus
Jones (@Tyusjones06) July
22, 2015
Rusev
after he found out about Space Jam 2. pic.twitter.com/3WYiCTMECc
—
Kyle Lewis (@KeepItFiveStar) July
22, 2015
Production company Village Roadshow even went as far as announcing that they were doing the sequel.
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STOP WHAT YOU"RE DOING… The rumours are true. We're making #SpaceJam2 with @KingJames. http://t.co/ZxejFcQ1dc pic.twitter.com/9kE7TNQaBF
— Roadshow AU (@RoadshowAU) July 22, 2015
Before eventually taking it back.
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Think we're missing the word 'apparently' from our #Spacejam2 tweet. Nothing confirmed, may have been our hopes and dreams running away!
— Roadshow AU (@RoadshowAU) July 23, 2015
James is no rookie in the movie industry, making his debut as an actor in the 2015 romantic comedy Trainwreck.
If a sequel is in the works, King James would have to bring his A-game to the silver screen to live up to the Michael Jordan’s original.
The unstoppable tandem of Michael Jordan and Bugs Bunny produced an all-star performance at the box office, earning as much as $230 million against a budget of $80 million to become the most profitable basketball movie ever.
