Ice Cube Movie Updates

Disney Studios is teaming with Ice Cube and Thomas Kail, the Tony-winning director of Hamilton, for a modern and musical take on Oliver Twist.

Tracy Morgan, sidelined by a serious car accident in June 2014, is gearing up to get back to work.

Universal Pictures has won a four-studio bidding battle to acquire Humbug, a spec that is fast coming together for Ice Cube to star in the title role, with Tim Story directing.

MGM is reviving its Barbershop franchise.

Channing Tatum, Zoe Saldana, Diego Luna and Christina Applegate are starring in Book of Life, an animated comedy from 20th Century Fox Animation and Reel FX Animation.

Sony has set Amber Stevens to the cast of sequel “22 Jump Street” starring Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill and Ice Cube.

Disney is negotiating to finance and distribute Chrome and Paint, a gritty Boyz N' The Hood-style drama that Ice Cube will direct and star in, based on a script he co-wrote with Eva Vives.

Brie Larson has landed the coveted lead role of Molly in Sony Pictures' 21 Jump Street, starring opposite Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum and Ice Cube. Neil Moritz is producing. Phil Lord and Chris Miller are directing.

Ice Cube is in negotiations to join Columbia Pictures' contempo treatment of 21 Jump Street for Sony. The thesp will star alongside topliners Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum, who portray a pair of undercover cops working in high schools and colleges. Ice Cube will play the duo's leader Captain Dickson.

Katherine Heigl, not Halle Berry, will be the one smooching Jon Bon Jovi in New Line’s ensemble romantic comedy New Year’s Eve. I’m told Berry has dropped out of the picture, which is just getting underway.

Ice Cube, Josh Duhamel and Ryan Seacrest are in negotiations to join the still-growing cast of New Line's New Year's Eve.

Ice Cube and his Three Kings director David O Russell are in talks with New Line to re-team to create a potential franchise.