Uncle Drew Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot

After draining his life savings to enter a team in the Rucker Classic street ball tournament in Harlem, Dax (Lil Rel Howery) is dealt a series of unfortunate setbacks, including losing his team to his longtime rival (Nick Kroll). Desperate to win the tournament and the cash prize, Dax stumbles upon the man, the myth, the legend UNCLE DREW (NBA All-Star Kyrie Irving) and convinces him to return to the court one more time. The two men embark on a road trip to round up Drew's old basketball squad (Shaquille O’Neal, Chris Webber, Reggie Miller, Nate Robinson, and Lisa Leslie) and prove that a group of septuagenarians can still win the big one.

Cited as official plot version from lionsgate.com

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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Uncle Drew.

• K
  Kyrie Irving

  Skirvin Hotel

• S
  Shaquille O’Neal

  Show Dogs, Hubie Halloween

• L
  Lil Rel Howery

  One of Them Days, Dog Man

• N
  Nate Robinson

  ... Boots

• N
  Nick Kroll

  ... Mookie

  The Smurfs Musical, Red One

• R
  Reggie Miller

• C
  Chris Webber

• E
  Erica Ash

  We Have a Ghost, Scary Movie 5

• L
  Lisa Leslie

Crew Behind the Film

The Uncle Drew behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Charles Stone last directed The Underdoggs and Step Sisters. The film's writer Jay Longino last wrote Skiptrace and Broken Run.

Director

Charles Stone

Screenwriter

Jay Longino

Producers

Marty Bowen
John Fischer
Wyck Godfrey

Production Details

What we know about the Uncle Drew movie production.

Key Facts

• Produced in association with PepsiCo’s Creators League Studios.
• Lil Howery will play a young man who loves basketball and seeks out Uncle Drew’s help (Variety, 6/21/17).
• The original Pepsi Max ads showed Kyrie Irving playing 70-year-old Uncle Drew, who would show up to pick-up basketball games and dominate players half his age, and reminiscing about how the game used to be played (Variety, 6/21/17).
• Based on Kyrie Irving’s “Uncle Drew” Pepsi commercials.

Production Updates for Uncle Drew

Apr 2018

Completed

Changed Uncle Drew movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

Jan 2018

Post-Production

Changed the movie production status to Post-Production. The movie is now in the editing and finishing stages.

Jun 2017

Pre-Production

Changed the movie production status to Pre-Production. Preparations are underway to start production.

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