Original ‘Space Jam’ Director Joe Pytka Says LeBron James ‘Ain’t Michael’

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeThe team behind the blockbuster Michael Jordan docuseries “The Last Dance” are now taking their jam to space.

Jennifer Lopez and Michael B. Jordan are starring in the new Coach campaign!

Michael B. Jordan has an epic new project in the works.ET confirms that the 34-year-old actor and his production company, Outlier Society, are developing their own Black Superman project for HBO Max.

Space Jam film, has hailed its sequel so “boring” that he “couldn’t finish it in one sitting”.In an interview with TMZ, the filmmaker said that it took him five separate sessions to finish the film, which he referred to as “an uninteresting mess”.Pytka also took aim at the film’s star LeBron James, who he believes doesn’t hold the same celebrity appeal that Space Jam‘s star Michael Jordan held in 1996.“The truth is that LeBron ain’t Michael,” he said, while adding that the sequel lacked “a

Joe Pytka, the director of the original Space Jam movie in the 90s, is speaking out with his thoughts on the sequel Space Jam: A New Legacy.

Personal foul! Joe Pytka, director of the original Space Jam, has some thoughts on the new sequel, Space Jam: A New Legacy — and they’re not great.

Tristan Thompson, 30, shared a sweet moment with his son Prince, 4, as they prepared to watch Space Jam: A New Legacy. The Boston Celtic shared a rare video and photo of his son, who he shares with ex Jordan Craig, to Instagram on Saturday, July 17. The pair looked so excited as they snuggled up for a selfie to watch the sequel film, starring fellow NBA star LeBron James.

Just call him The King of the box office.

wrote with a grinning emoji.The sequel to 1996’s Michael Jordan-led “Space Jam” pulled in more than $13 million on Friday, according to multiple reports, despite poor reviews.

LeBron James teams up with the Tune Squad for his biggest challenge since coming back from a 3-1 deficit against the Warriors in the 2016 NBA Finals in, which premiered in theaters and on HBO Max on Friday, July 16.The follow-up to the 1996 classic finds this generation's top NBA star teaming up with the Looney Tunes, much like Michael Jordan did in the original, only this time, LeBron is playing for his son, who has been kidnapped by a rogue A.I. (Don Cheadle).

LeBron James has set his sights on Hollywood for his latest project, "Space Jam: A New Legacy." In the film, the basketball legend plays a fictionalized version of himself who finds himself on an animated adventure alongside Bugs Bunny and the Looney Tunes gang with hopes of rescuing his son from artificial intelligence. The movie is a sequel to 1996's "Space Jam," which saw Michael Jordan take on a similar leading role.

While awaiting the box-office results for , director Malcolm D. Lee is already thinking of the next movie in the series and is eager to cast wrestler-turned-actor for the movie.

has a new star player in LeBron James, but the sequel knows who did it first: As LeBron, playing a version of himself, goes about recruiting a basketball team's worth of Looney Tunes, there are a number of winky references to another NBAer having done this all before. It's not until the movie's big game that Michael Jordan's name is first dropped.

If you loved the first Space Jam, you may want to know how to watch Space Jam 2 for free to relive your childhood and see if LeBron James or Bugs Bunny is the better baller.

 Michael B. Jordan has really let his romantic side shine throughout his relationship with  Lori Harvey.In a clip of Monday’s new episode of the Spotify Original podcast, Jemele Hill is Unbothered, shared with PEOPLE, the Black Panther star credits his decision to rent out an aquarium for his girlfriend on Valentine’s Day to “a lot of pent-up romance.”“It was a lot, I wasn’t able to do a lot of those things in the past,” he explained.