Apr 3, 2021

Horror Easter Eggs in 'Space Jam: A New Legacy' Trailer

Welcome to the Jam! NBA champion and global icon LeBron James goes on an epic adventure alongside timeless Tune Bugs Bunny with the animated/live-action event SPACE JAM: A NEW LEGACY, from director Malcolm D. Lee and an innovative filmmaking team including Ryan Coogler and Maverick Carter. This transformational journey is a manic mash-up of two worlds that reveals just how far some parents will go to connect with their kids. When LeBron and his young son Dom are trapped in a digital space by a rogue A.I., LeBron must get them home safe by leading Bugs, Lola Bunny, and the whole gang of notoriously undisciplined Looney Tunes to victory over the A.I.’s digitized champions on the court: a powered-up roster of professional basketball stars as you’ve never seen them before. It’s Tunes versus Goons in the highest-stakes challenge of his life, that will redefine LeBron’s bond with his son and shine a light on the power of being yourself. The ready-for-action Tunes destroy convention, supercharge their unique talents and surprise even “King” James by playing the game their own way.

James stars alongside Oscar nominee Don Cheadle (the “Avengers” films, “Hotel Rwanda”), Khris Davis (“Judas and the Black Messiah,” TV’s “Atlanta”), Sonequa Martin-Green (TV’s “The Walking Dead,” “Star Trek: Discovery”), newcomer Cedric Joe, Jeff Bergman (“Looney Tunes Cartoons”) and Eric Bauza (“Looney Tunes Cartoons”).

LEBRON JAMES and BUGS BUNNY in “SPACE JAM: A NEW LEGACY." Photo Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures

Keen-eyed Horror fans might be able to spot several easter eggs that show that some of Warner Bros' darker and scarier characters exist in this film's universe such as Pennywise from "It", King Kong, The flying monkeys from "The Wizard of Oz", and the main characters from "A Clockwork Orange."

Warner Bros. Pictures Presents a Proximity/The SpringHill Company Production, a Malcolm D. Lee film, SPACE JAM: A NEW LEGACY. The film will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures. It will be released in theaters nationwide on July 16, 2021, and will be available in the U.S. on HBO Max for 31 days from the theatrical release.