Many years before LeBron James starred in Space Jam: A New Legacy, there were plans for an entirely different Space Jam sequel that would’ve starred legendary skateboarder Tony Hawk.Recently, Hawk appeared as a guest on the YouTube series Hot Ones, where he shared the story of Warner Bros. getting in contact in the early 2000s with an offer to star in Space Jam 2. Of course, the sequel would’ve transitioned from basketball to skateboarding, though it would have similarly seen Hawk teaming up with Looney Tunes characters. Hawk said he was pretty stoked about the concept after meeting with producers, but the project wound up fizzling out, with the skater referring to the unmade film as the “one that got away. He attributes its death in development hell to Looney Tunes: Back in Action underperforming in theaters.”They presented the idea to me, that it would be Skate Jam, much along the lines of Space Jam, with all the Looney Tunes characters, and then I was going to be the main real person,” Hawk explained. “I was leaving for Australia, coincidentally to work on a different independent film there, and they said, ‘We wanna meet you at LAX [airport], because we wanna finalize all the details. So they met me at that restaurant in the middle of LAX, and they said, ‘This is happening.’ Like, ‘Here are the script ideas, here’s the poster.’ And I remember thinking, ‘When is this going to happen?’ [They said], ‘When you get back, we’re gonna finalize all the details.’ I go, ‘Awesome!'”The 10 Best Sports Movies of All Time
Many years before LeBron James starred in Space Jam: A New Legacy, there were plans for an entirely different Space Jam sequel that would’ve starred legendary skateboarder Tony Hawk.
Recently, Hawk appeared as a guest on the YouTube series Hot Ones, where he shared the story of Warner Bros. getting in contact in the early 2000s with an offer to star in Space Jam 2. Of course, the sequel would’ve transitioned from basketball to skateboarding, though it would have similarly seen Hawk teaming up with Looney Tunes characters. Hawk said he was pretty stoked about the concept after meeting with producers, but the project wound up fizzling out, with the skater referring to the unmade film as the “one that got away. He attributes its death in development hell to Looney Tunes: Back in Action underperforming in theaters.
“They presented the idea to me, that it would be Skate Jam, much along the lines of Space Jam, with all the Looney Tunes characters, and then I was going to be the main real person,” Hawk explained. “I was leaving for Australia, coincidentally to work on a different independent film there, and they said, ‘We wanna meet you at LAX [airport], because we wanna finalize all the details. So they met me at that restaurant in the middle of LAX, and they said, ‘This is happening.’ Like, ‘Here are the script ideas, here’s the poster.’ And I remember thinking, ‘When is this going to happen?’ [They said], ‘When you get back, we’re gonna finalize all the details.’ I go, ‘Awesome!'”
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