July 16, 2021
Space Jam: A New Legacy is a 2021 American live-action/animated sports comedy film directed by Malcolm D. Lee, serving as a standalone sequel to Space Jam. It is the first theatrically-released film to feature the Looney Tunes characters since Looney Tunes: Back in Action, and is also a combination of live-action, traditional hand-drawn animation, and 3D CGI effects. The film stars basketball player LeBron James as a fictionalized version of himself, along with Don Cheadle, Khris Davis, and Sonequa Martin-Green in live-action roles, while Jeff Bergman, Eric Bauza, and Zendaya headline the Looney Tunes voice cast. Set in a shared Warner Bros. virtual space multiverse, the film follows James teaming up with the Looney Tunes to win a basketball match against digitized champions to rescue his son from a rogue AI.
Talks for a Space Jam successor began after the release of the first film, which Joe Pytka would have returned to direct. Spike Brandt and Tony Cervone signed on as the animation supervisors, but eventually the deal fell through due to Michael Jordan's refusal to return. Several possible spin-offs focusing on other athletes, including Jeff Gordon, Tiger Woods, and Tony Hawk, were also discussed, but never came to fruition. After several years of languishing, a LeBron James-led sequel was officially announced in 2014 with filming beginning under Terence Nance in June 2019 around Los Angeles. After a few weeks into filming, Nance left the project and Lee was hired to replace him in July 2019.
Space Jam: A New Legacy was released by Warner Bros. Pictures in the United States on July 16, 2021, both in theaters and on HBO Max for a month after its theatrical release. Critics praised the animation but criticized the overuse of Warner Bros.' IPs and similarity in plot to the original film.
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Also See
- Space Jam (1996)
- Space Jam (Video Game)
- Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021) (Trailers)
- Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021) (TV Spots)
Sound Effects Used
The film used sound effects from Warner Bros., Hanna-Barbera, Cartoon Trax Volume 1, The Premiere Edition Volume 1, Series 4000, Universal Studios and Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends.
- Censor Bleep
- Cipha Sounds Air Horn
- Disney - SMALL BONK
- Elektra Records, Fire Engine Passes With Bell Clanging/Sound Ideas, FIRE TRUCK - PASS BY WITH BELL CLANGING, SIREN IN B/G
- H-B HIT, CARTOON - HOLLOW METALLIC HEAD KONK AND HORN 02
- H-B SPIN, CARTOON - WACKY SPIN WITH DRUM
- Hollywoodedge, Bang Whonk CRT032404
- Hollywoodedge, Big Metal Clangthud CRT031902
- Hollywoodedge, Bounce Jews Harp CRT015806
- Hollywoodedge, Comedy Body Fall Msx CRT017301
- Hollywoodedge, Crash Metal Shatter PE110201
- Hollywoodedge, Head Bonk Wcymbal Cr CRT033004
- Hollywoodedge, Heavy Bonk Wbass Dru CRT033001
- Hollywoodedge, Low Pitched Squeak CRT049301
- Hollywoodedge, Old Car Horns Single CRT021302
- Hollywoodedge, Quick Double Bell Di CRT015001
- Hollywoodedge, Quick Warble Sizzle CRT015502
- Hollywoodedge, Several Rapid Swish CRT054101
- Hollywoodedge, Short Bass Honk WCow CRT032406
- Hollywoodedge, Springy Boinge Long CRT016202
- Hollywoodedge, Twangy Boings 7 Type CRT015901
- Hollywoodedge, Whistle Wbulb Horn CRT020801
- Hollywoodedge, Wubble Wobble Spring PE940704
- Roadrunner's Meep Meep Sound
- SKYWALKER, METAL - MEDIUM SIZE DOUBLE CLANK 02
- Sound Ideas, BLINK, CARTOON - XYLO EYE BLINKS
- Sound Ideas, BOING, CARTOON - GONG BOING
- Sound Ideas, BOING, CARTOON - HOYT'S BOING
- Sound Ideas, BOING, CARTOON - SINGLE TIMP DOING or Hollywoodedge, Wheezy Honk Cymbal PE941302
- Sound Ideas, BOINK, CARTOON - BOINK 01
- Sound Ideas, BOINK, CARTOON - TIMP DOINK or Hollywoodedge, Bounce Boing Drum CRT016901
- Sound Ideas, BOMB, WHISTLE - BOMB FALLING: WHISTLE-BY 01
- Sound Ideas, BOUNCE, CARTOON - SINGLE TIMPANI BOUNCE 01
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, ACCENT - WHIZ, BONKS
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, BELL - SMALL BELL CHIME, SINGLE HIT, MUSIC, PERCUSSION, IDEA, ACCENT 02
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, BOING - STRING PLUCK
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, HIT - BIG ANVIL HIT
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, HIT - HEAD HIT ON PIPE
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, HORN - SHORT, SHARP HORN TOOT, HIGH
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SQUEAK - SEVERAL RUBBER SQUEAKS, STRETCH
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, TWANG - WOBBLING TWANG
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHIZZ - FAST WHIZZ BY
- Sound Ideas, CHILDREN, CROWD - SMALL STUDIO AUDIENCE OF CHILDREN: BIG CHEER, CHEERING 01
- Sound Ideas, HEAD SHAKE, CARTOON - XYLO HEAD SHAKE
- Sound Ideas, HIT, CARTOON - BIG HEAD BONK
- Sound Ideas, HIT, CARTOON - BIG HEAD HIT
- Sound Ideas, HIT, CARTOON - BRAKE DRUM AND BULB HORN HIT
- Sound Ideas, HIT, CARTOON - FLBONK
- Sound Ideas, HIT, CARTOON - HOLLOW METALLIC HEAD KONK AND HORN
- Sound Ideas, HIT, CARTOON - SOLID TIMP RISE
- Sound Ideas, HIT, CARTOON - ZIP AND HEAVY THUMP
- Sound Ideas, HIT, METAL - ANVIL FALL ON HEAD, CARTOON 01
- Sound Ideas, HORN, CARTOON - OLD BULB HORN
- Sound Ideas, PLUCK, CARTOON - VAROOP
- Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - CARTOON RICCO 01
- Sound Ideas, RUN, CARTOON - TEMPLE BLOCK RIOT, SHORT
- Sound Ideas, SHAVING - SHAVING CREAM CAN: SPRAYING CREAM INTO HAND, HUMAN, SHAVE
- Sound Ideas, SKID, CARTOON - BROKEN SKID
- Sound Ideas, SLIDE, CARTOON - FAST SLIDE UP AND DOWN 01 or Sound Ideas, TAKE, CARTOON - WHISTLE TAKE
- Sound Ideas, SLIDE, CARTOON - FIDDLE SLIDE DOWN, SHORT
- Sound Ideas, SLIDE, CARTOON - FIDDLE SLIDE UP 01
- Sound Ideas, SLIDE, CARTOON - FIDDLE SLIDE UP, SHORT 02
- Sound Ideas, TEETH, CARTOON - SCOOBY'S TEETH CHATTER, LONG
- Sound Ideas, TRAIN, STEAM - WHISTLE, MANY BLASTS, CLOSE UP
- Sound Ideas, TWANG, CARTOON - METALLIC RULER VIBRATE
- Sound Ideas, WHINE, CARTOON - SHELL SCREAMING WHINE DOWN (Heard once in a low volume.)
- Sound Ideas, WIND - STRONG WIND WITH MAGICAL RINGING, WEATHER
- Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - BIG WHISTLE ZING OUT (Heard once when Sylvester runs at a yarn after Tweety throws it.)
- Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - KEEN ZIP OUT
- Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - QUICK WHISTLE ZIP OUT
- Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - QUICK WHISTLE ZIP OUT, HIGH
- WB CARTOON, HEAD SHAKE - TROMBONE GOBBLE
- WB JUMBO JET PLANE TAKE OFF 01
- WB SCI FI - MARVIN THE MARTIAN'S LASER GUN, SWOOSH
