Ice Cube Sheds Light On New 'Friday' Movie: 'It's Coming Back'
Scott Dudelson/Getty Images
Ice Cube Sheds Light On New 'Friday' Movie: 'It's Coming Back'
by Sam Moore
Published on: Oct 22, 2024, 6:45 AM PDT
1
Ice Cube has teased new details about the next Friday movie, which he promises is on the way.
Appearing on Gillie Da Kid and Wallo‘s Million Dollaz Worth of Game podcast, the rap legend said: “It’s coming back. We gonna do it. We gonna make it dope, make it funny, bring it up to date, introduce new characters, bring back old characters, create the feeling the movie gives you.”
Cube continued: “People love Friday because everyone experienced it. People love Friday because everyone’s lived Friday. Everyone has lived a thousand Fridays.”
Watch his comments at the 43:10 mark below.
Ice Cube’s comments build on his recent announcement that he was finally getting the go ahead from Warner Bros. to make another sequel to the comedy franchise.
“We finally got some traction with Warner Bros.,” he said in an interview with Flavor Flav in June. “They have new leadership. My man Mike DeLuca, who used to be at New Line when I first started, when I first did the first Friday and Players Club and All About the Benjamins — Mike DeLuca was there, so now he’s running Warner Bros.”
AD
AD LOADING...
“It was like, ‘Yo, what the fuck is going on with Friday? Man, let’s get this back online,’” he continued. “And I was a little hot ’cause they had took so long because John Witherspoon passed away. Tiny passed away. A.J. Johnson passed away.
“Like, man, we keep losing people and y’all keep dicking around not doing the movie the way it need to be done. They want to do it, but the key is it gotta be done, or we shouldn’t fuck with it. So they finally came to their senses.”
Ice Cube Sought Help From Cuba Gooding Jr. On How To Cry In 'Boyz N The Hood'
related news
Ice Cube Sought Help From Cuba Gooding Jr. On How To Cry In 'Boyz N The Hood'
May 9, 2024
During a live taping of Drink Champs at the Rock The Bells festival in 2022, the “No Vaseline” MC explained that he previously presented two scripts to the studio, both of which were rejected.
“I’m trying to get it out of Warner Brothers, they don’t believe in the culture, man,” he said at the time, adding that the company retain the distribution rights for any future Friday sequels.
AD
AD LOADING...
“I had two scripts. I wrote one — it was the shit. They was like, ‘Yo, we don’t want Craig and Day-Day in jail ’cause Craig and Day-Day went to jail for selling weed before it was legal!'”
Some Hip Hop followers were surprised to find out veteran rapper Juvenile decided to sign back with Cash Money Records after the label has been accused for years of not properly compensating its artists. Juve stopped by The Breakfast Club this week, and the New Orleans rhymer addressed his return to Cash Money. [ALSO READ: Juvenile Announces He Has Re-Signed With Cash Money (VIDEO)] “We worked it out. They cut the check,” stated Juvenile. “It’s a matter of lawyers sitting at the table. Lawyers are gonna do their thing, and we’re gonna do our thing outside of it. They worked it out.” When Juve first rose to prominence in the late 1990’s he teamed with fellow Cash Money artists Lil Wayne, Young Turk, and B.G. to form the group Hot Boys. Both Wayne and Turk are now suing the company for past royalties. Juvenile briefly gave his views on Wayne’s legal battle against CMB. “I just stay out the way,” Juvenile said. “It ain’t my position to even give advice. I’m gonna stay out of tha...
Comments
Post a Comment