Friday sequels in authorized limbo

Should you’re questioning why Ice Dice’s comedy franchise, Friday, hasn’t gotten a reunion sequel on this period of legacy sequels, you’re not the one one. It undoubtedly wasn’t resulting from a scarcity of attempting, with sequence mastermind Ice Dice explaining that he’s written not one – however two – scripts for a brand new Friday film. The issue is that each had been rejected by Warner Bros, who maintain the rights to the franchise.

Ice Dice revealed his points with WB throughout an look on the Drink Champs Podcast (excerpted by Billboard), recorded whereas the rapper appeared at L.L. Cool J’s Rock the Bells Pageant.

The primary of the 2 screenplays entered round Dice’s Mike and his sidekick, Mike Epps’ Da Da going to jail for promoting weed. “After they rejected it, that they had all these films about going to jail. So I used to be like, ‘Man, see, y’all f— me up.’ The opposite script was in regards to the kids within the hood having beef with the OGs, and Craig has to come back again and squash that. Smokey’s [Chris Tucker’s] son is the brand new Deebo [Tommy Lister Jr.], and he’s wilding.”

Dice now appears resigned to the truth that a future instalment of the Friday franchise is unlikely except he will get the rights away from WB. “I’m tryna get it out of Warner Bros. They don’t imagine within the tradition, man.”

The rapper/actor additionally acknowledged that had been a legacy sequel to occur, it’s unlikely that Chris Tucker would return as Smokey. He notoriously sat out the second and third movies within the franchise after turning into a megastar within the Rush Hour sequence. “Chris is slippy,” he mentioned, including, “however me and Chris is cool.” Sadly, two of the franchise’s most beloved gamers, John Witherspoon and Tiny Lister, handed away in 2019 and 2020, respectively.

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