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HBO Max announces it will have Space Jam 2 release on July 16, 2021

HBO Max announced on Thursday that their new same-day release features will include Space Jam 2.

Fans who are awaiting the debut of next summer’s “Space Jam 2” starring LeBron James will be able to watch it from the comfort of their own homes, so long as they are HBO Max subscribers.

HBO Max announced on Thursday that they will have same day box office releases on their service starting on Christmas Day and through 2021, including the release of the “Space Jam 2.” The remake of the legendary Michael Jordan-Looney Tunes movie starring LeBron James and Don Cheadle will release on the app on July 16, the same day that it’s scheduled to release in movie theaters. HBO, of course, is owned by Warner Bros.

The announcement from Warner Bros. and HBO is a major one for the movie industry as the pandemic has kept crowds small or realistically non-existent for movie theaters. Until there is some level of control with the virus, movies, especially blockbusters like ‘Space Jam 2,’ will have to find success on the small screen.

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New virtual celebrity golf tour on Twitch features Don Cheadle, Darius Rucker, Patrick Reed and more

A new virtual golf tour for coronavirus relief features celebrities Don Cheadle and Darius Rucker as well as the PGA Tour’s Patrick Reed.

While we impatiently wait for the return of tournament golf next month, varying formats of competitive golf are actually right around the corner.

There’s the charity skins match between Rory McIlroy-Dustin Johnson and Rickie Fowler-Matthew Wolff on May 17, not to mention The Match: Champions for Charity between Tiger Woods-Peyton Manning and Phil Mickelson-Tom Brady.

On the virtual side, the European Tour is using TrackMan for the BMW Indoor Invitational. On top of that, celebrities and professional golfers are teaming up for coronavirus relief.

Streaming exclusively on Twitch, T’d Up Golf has partnered with Group 33 for a one-of-a-kind virtual golf tour. The first “tour stops” feature celebrities Don Cheadle, Anthony Anderson, Darius Rucker and Chris Spencer being coached by the PGA Tour’s Pat Perez, Patrick Reed, Wyndham Clark and Kevin Na. The first event will virtually transport the players to Scotland.

“As we approach summer, we recognize that many people are missing the opportunity to not only play a round of golf themselves but also see their favorite professionals in action on famous courses around the world,” said Eric Brunner, Sports Partnerships Lead at Twitch. “Through our partnership with Group 33 and the launch of T’d Up Golf, we’re excited to bring some of golf’s most well-known athletes, fans and courses back to viewers’ screens through a virtual and interactive format that can only be found on Twitch.”

Teams will be playing to generate revenue benefiting COVID-19 frontline workers, providing them with food and the necessary resources. Viewers will also be able to use Twitch’s chat feature to interact with the teams throughout the competition.

“The format of pairing celebrities who have the chops for golf with PGA TOUR pros as fun-loving sidekicks/hilarious caddies is sure to make for great content,” added Bob Parsons, founder and CEO of PXG, also a partner for the fundraising event.

More information is set to come, including the schedule, additional golfers and celebrities. You can sign up for more information and updates right here.

LeBron James shows up on Instagram sporting ‘Space Jam 2’ merch

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James showed off some new merch for the ‘Space Jam 2’ on his Instagram on Thursday night.

Despite the current hiatus across American life, outside of essential businesses, movies and television shows have stopped most of their regular production alongside the current hiatus in sports. However, LeBron James seems very confident that ‘Space Jam 2,’ which he spent most of the last summer filming, is still going to come out in 2021 as previously scheduled. LeBron posted as much on Thursday afternoon, sharing a ‘Space Jam 2’ Dad hat while writing the caption “2021.”

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2021. 🐰🥕 🎥 🍿👑

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While LeBron went on the record today saying he hopes that the NBA season isn’t canceled, he still luckily has some other milestones to focus on. Also, the “Space Jam 2” hat is pretty dope and I’m fairly certain fans will be wondering when and where that is going on sale. Some ‘Space Jam 2’ merch went on sale through Nike during All-Star Weekend, but there will likely be much more whenever we get closer to the hopeful release next summer.

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Don Cheadle to play villain in ‘Space Jam 2,’ Paul Scheer says

Cheadle has long been a part of the project but his role wasn’t quite clear until his Black Monday co-star dropped it a few days ago.

As the boredom of being stuck inside during quarantine has been getting to people, there have been lots of untold stories getting dropped during these times. A few weeks ago, Carmelo Anthony told the story of the time LeBron James jumped off a boat to save his life. And then we got another bit of interesting LeBron news from an unexpected source, actor/comedian Paul Scheer.

During an episode of The Athletic’s ‘Clip City’ podcast, Scheer broke the news that Don Cheadle, with whom Scheer stars on the Showtime show ‘Black Monday,’ will play the villain in the ‘Space Jam 2,’ starring LeBron James.

Actually Don Cheadle, who I do ‘Black Monday’ with, he’s the bad guy in ‘Space Jam [2],’ and he said LeBron’s really great. He was great in ‘Trainwreck‘ too

(Hat-Tip to AwardsCircuit)

Cheadle has been a well-known part of the cast but it was previously unclear what his role would be in the reboot of the 1996 production. LeBron is expected to be joined by several other NBA and WNBA players, including Damian Lillard and Diana Taurasi.

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