• Source: All-Star Weekend (film)

      • All-Star Weekend is an upcoming American sports comedy-drama film written and directed by Jamie Foxx. Produced by Foxx, Avram "Butch" Kaplan, Chuck Pacheco, and Deon Taylor, the film stars Foxx, Jeremy Piven, Jessica Szohr, Eva Longoria, Robert Downey Jr., Ken Jeong, Gerard Butler, and Benicio del Toro.
      The film is expected to be released in 2025.


      Premise


      Malik and Danny, two truck drivers who are basketball fanatics, worship their respective favorite players, LeBron James and Stephen Curry. Danny's girlfriend Abby is reconsidering the relationship because she does not want to take a back seat to his obsession. The two drivers finally get a break from their dead-end job when they win tickets to the NBA All-Star Game. On their way to the big game, Malik and Danny meet the beautiful and mysterious Asia, who might have her own hidden agenda. After many twists and turns, the guys find themselves and their heroes in a precarious life-or-death situation.


      Cast




      Production




      = Casting

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      In October 2012, the film was first announced as part of an informal partnership between Jamie Foxx and Ken Jeong, where they agreed to star in movies written by the other. Due to the partnership, Jeong signed on to All-Star Weekend, while Foxx would have starred in Jeong's After Prom, but production on the later film ended up in development hell. In early 2016, Robert Downey Jr., Gerard Butler, Benicio del Toro, Jessica Szohr, and Eva Longoria were confirmed to star in the film alongside Foxx and Jeong.


      = Filming

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      Principal photography began on October 26, 2016, in Los Angeles, California, with John T. Connor serving as cinematographer. Several actors were confirmed to appear including Jeremy Piven, DJ Khaled, French Montana, Inanna Sarkis, Jasmine Waltz, Luenell, Terrence Terrell, Corinne Foxx, Tyrin Turner, The Game, and RD Whittington. During a July 2017 podcast interview on The Joe Rogan Experience, Jamie Foxx revealed that he "will portray a white, racist cop" and "managed to convince Robert Downey Jr. to play a Mexican" in the film. Reiterating this during a June 2018 interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Foxx revealed that Downey Jr. was only on set for four hours. In January 2019, the film was in post-production. Jeffery Alan Jones served as a re-recording mixer, via Alan Audio Works.


      Release


      All-Star Weekend is slated to be released in 2025. The film was originally scheduled to be released on February 16, 2018, to coincide with the 2018 NBA All-Star Game, but post-production was not completed in time. The film was delayed to February 22, 2019, within the week of the 2019 NBA All-Star Game, but ended up missing the release date for undisclosed reasons. The film was then projected to be released sometime later in 2019, then later projected to be released in 2021. By August 2022, the film was shelved, due to it "trying to break open the sensitive corners with Robert Downey Jr. playing a Mexican man". Downey Jr.'s role was stated to have been inspired by his character Kirk Lazarus in Tropic Thunder (2008).


      = Marketing

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      In August 2024, in an effort to get the film released, Foxx "leaked" a teaser trailer, which JoBlo commented that the strategy was reminiscent of when test footage of Deadpool (2016) was leaked.


      See also


      List of basketball films


      References




      External links


      All-Star Weekend at IMDb

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