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Ballers Movie Updates

Ballers Movie Updates

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Mark Wahlberg to Star With LeBron James in Basketball Fantasy Camp Movie ‘... from Variety

Mark Wahlberg will star with NBA superstar LeBron James in the basketball fantasy camp comedy Ballers.

Kevin Hart to Co-Star With Lebron James in Universal’s ‘Ballers’ from Variety

Kevin Hart is attached to co-star with LeBron James in the Universal and Imagine Entertainment comedy Ballers.

  • added a synopsis

  • Kevin Hart will play the brother of an NBA superstar (LeBron James) who gets a chance to prove himself when he and some friends attend a weekend fantasy basketball camp.

  • changed the title from "Fantasy Basketball Camp" to "Ballers"

  • added "Fantasy Basketball Camp " as an also known as title

LeBron James comedy back on ice from Variety

The Miami Heat forward has been attached to star in Universal/Imagine's sports comedy "Ballers" since Sept. 2009, and after an initial year-long delay to accommodate his highly-anticipated free agency during the summer of 2010, production was pushed to July 2011. However, in the wake of Miami's NBA Finals loss to the D ...

  • changed the production status to Concept

'The Thing' is loose: Universal adjusts 2011 release schedule from Los Angeles Times

The Universal Pictures slate is getting a little cloudy. The studio has decided to remove "The Thing," its prequel to the 1982 John Carpenter science-fiction picture, from its scheduled April 29, 2011, opening, leaving the film without a release date.

  • changed the production status to Concept

  • changed the US film release date from TBA 2012 to TBA

  • changed the film release date from TBA 2011 to TBA 2012

  • added "Untitled Lebron James Project" as an also known as title

  • added "Ballers" as an also known as title

Lee to Helm 'Basketball Camp' from The Hollywood Reporter

LeBron James is one step closer to a Hollywood career. "Fantasy Basketball Camp," the Universal-Imagine sports comedy to which the superstar athlete is attached as an actor, has gained a director in Malcolm D. Lee. Also, Peter Steinfeld has come aboard to pen a new draft.

  • changed the film release date from TBA to TBA 2011

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