NEW JACK CITY: Warner Bros. To Reboot Mario Van Peebles’ 1991 Gangster Drama
On a day when quite a few folks in my line of vision are already triggered by at least one reboot on Monday, developments are now underway for another. Malcolm M. Mays (Snowfall) is reportedly attached to script a reboot of 1991 crime opus, New Jack City for Warner Bros. Pictures. Bill Gerber (A Star Is Born) is producing. This is especially one film most people might least expect to see rebooted or remade given its rich, vast and organic nature with respect to the period and time it was made; New Jack City was originally directed by Mario Van Peebles who joins a cast led by Ice-T and Judd Nelson. Both play oil-and-water members of a police squad charged with infiltrating the Cash Money Bros., led by the sinister, seemingly untouchable leader, Nino Brown, played by Wesley Snipes, and younger brother G-Money, played by Allen Payne. There’s too much […]