Blake Griffin has seemed to make as much news off the court as on it the past few seasons with his continued foray and interest in Hollywood and his injury struggles.
While Griffin is due back on the court for the injury hampered Clippers in the next couple weeks, news broke Wednesday that Griffin will help produce a White Men Can’t Jump remake with 20th Century Fox.
Blake Griffin and Ryan Kalil to produce “White Men Can’t Jump” remake https://t.co/9LqNiJBCRx pic.twitter.com/1AMnCMCMzd
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) January 17, 2017
Here is an excerpt from the Hollywood Reporter about the project:
Kenya Barris, the creator of ABC’s acclaimed comedy Black-ish, is teaming with Blake Griffin of the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers and Ryan Kalil of the NFL’s Carolina Panthers to develop a remake of the 1992 sports comedy for 20th Century Fox.
Barris will write the script for the project, which falls under his overall film deal with Fox that he signed in September. Barris also will act as a producer. Griffin and Kalil are producing via their Mortal Media banner, along with their partner Noah Weinstein.
The original was released in 1992 and is a cult classic starring Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson. For those who are unfamiliar with it, please enjoy this trailer and spend a few hours to watch it, although a little dated now, it is a fun and entertaining movie…
Griffin isn’t set to star in the film, but it seems almost a certainty he will have some sort of cameo, most likely as a fellow street ball opponent.
I can picture it now… Michael B. Jordan with Miles Teller balling up fools on the hard streets of Santa Monica and learning of underground pick-up tourneys through DMs on Twitter.
This seems to be Griffin’s first big time producing credit, so let’s hope he helps make this into a nice reboot and not a disgrace to the original classic.
