by: S. Scott Stanikmas – Senior Staff Writer

In his next effort to try and “Be Like Mike,” (because he’ll NEVER match Jordan’s on the court accomplishments) basketball superstar LeBron James will now officially star in a sequel to Space Jam for Warner Bros.

The film was originally announced a couple of years ago but was quickly shelved and left to collect dust. But the rumors started swirling again when the hoops star signed a TV and film deal with the studio last summer. Tack onto that his almost show-stealing performance in Trainwreck and fuel just gets added to the fire.

Now the film is in development and The Hollywood Reporter says that Justin Lin (of Fast and Furious 6 and this summer’s Star Trek Beyond) is being looked at to helm the project.

I was never really a big fan of the first film but I was aware of it. I just wasn’t the target audience apparently. And that audience is dwindling as the days go by. A lot of youngsters are less and less familiar with the original Looney Tunes cartoons and the nostalgic adults are becoming a bit too old to see a film like this without a kid tagging along with them.

Still, if Warner Bros can take the star power of James and combine it with some fun animation I can see the people coming out to give this new version a look.

This is still in the very early stages so a basic plot hasn’t even been nailed down yet. As soon as we hear more we’ll throw it up here on Indierevolver!