After concluding the Friday series, Ice Cube has picked up the pen once again to write Janky Promoters. In a preemptive deal, Dimension Films has acquired the spec script with Ice Cube onboard to star and produce.
Ice Cube to Star in His Janky Promoters
Ice Cube didn't take much up front, but has been guaranteed proceeds on ticket sales past the film's budget, which is set at $10 million.
In Janky Promoters, Cube and another actor will play music promoters who get the chance to book a top-tier hip-hop artist into a midsized California venue. The pair are ill equipped for such a task and everything goes wrong. As you can tell, the film definitely fits within Ice Cube's niche.
Bob Weinstein is excited about the project and is determined to land a big-name rapper to star as himself.
"This feels a lot like 'Uptown Saturday Night' to me, a caper film where you have these music promoters who are slightly shady but are good enough guys that you root for them," Weinstein told Daily Variety. "This is going to be R-rated, and it appeals right to the core of Cube's audience."
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