We’ve waited 25 years for a sequel to Space Jam and this weekend we finally got one. Space Jam: A New Legacy starring LeBron James, Don Cheadle, and Zendaya follows a fictionalized James who teams up with Looney Tunes character for a basketball game to save his son from an evil AI. The film has tons of pop culture references in it and here were some of our favorites. Spoiler Alert!

The DC Animated Universe

While he’s trying to recruit Superman for his team, LeBron and Bugs Bunny stumble upon Daffy Duck and Porky Pig staging a runaway train in Metropolis. Here we catch a glimpse of Jimmy Olsen, Lois Lane, Supergirl, and Alfred. The train runs through Metropolis, Gotham, and Atlantis just before Superman is able to stip it before it runs into an orphanage. The rest of the Justice League looks less than thrilled.

Rick and Morty

While Lebron and the Looney Tunes are world-hopping, the Tasmanian devil slams into the ship’s windshield, and in true Rick and Morty fashion, they tell LeBron that Tas is “your problem” now and they argue about how an experience that went bad created Tas.

The Matrix

The film does a scene-for-scene recreation of The Matrix opening with Granny stepping in for Trinity. We see Granny with some impressive martial arts skills and Speedy Gonzales doing his best Neo impersonation and joining Granny to duplicate the “bullet time” move.

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We’ve been talking about a “movie that will save theaters” since the beginning of the pandemic and the box office numbers have been pretty disappointing ever since. That could change this summer, as action flicks finally hit the theaters—including these three highly-anticipated blockbusters.

F9

With a combined gross of almost $6 billion, the Fast & Furious franchise is among the most lucrative in the world. That’s why we can count on the audience to show up for the latest installment F9, which is poised to be the biggest box office hit of 2021—both domestically and internationally.

Black Widow

The stand-alone Black Widow movie was a long time coming, and Marvel fans wouldn’t miss it for the world. It also doesn’t hurt its case that it’s the first MCU movie since 2019, when Avengers: Endgame and Spider-Man: Far From Home came out.

Space Jam: A New Legacy

A lot of movies nowadays are relying on nostalgia to bring the audiences back to the theaters and that’s the case with Space Jam: A New Legacy starring LeBron James. In addition to being a long-anticipated follow-up to the beloved 90s movie, this project offers family-friendly fun and that’s why it’s safe to expect it will do pretty well at the box office.

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We’ve waited 25 years for a sequel to Space Jam and this weekend we finally got one. Space Jam: A New Legacy starring LeBron James, Don Cheadle, and Zendaya follows a fictionalized James who teams up with Looney Tunes character for a basketball game to save his son from an evil AI. The film has tons of pop culture references in it and here were some of our favorites. Spoiler Alert!

The DC Animated Universe

While he’s trying to recruit Superman for his team, LeBron and Bugs Bunny stumble upon Daffy Duck and Porky Pig staging a runaway train in Metropolis. Here we catch a glimpse of Jimmy Olsen, Lois Lane, Supergirl, and Alfred. The train runs through Metropolis, Gotham, and Atlantis just before Superman is able to stip it before it runs into an orphanage. The rest of the Justice League looks less than thrilled.

Rick and Morty

While Lebron and the Looney Tunes are world-hopping, the Tasmanian devil slams into the ship’s windshield, and in true Rick and Morty fashion, they tell LeBron that Tas is “your problem” now and they argue about how an experience that went bad created Tas.

The Matrix

The film does a scene-for-scene recreation of The Matrix opening with Granny stepping in for Trinity. We see Granny with some impressive martial arts skills and Speedy Gonzales doing his best Neo impersonation and joining Granny to duplicate the “bullet time” move.

The post “Space Jam: a New Legacy” is Full of Pop Culture References appeared first on toppoptoday.com.

We’ve been talking about a “movie that will save theaters” since the beginning of the pandemic and the box office numbers have been pretty disappointing ever since. That could change this summer, as action flicks finally hit the theaters—including these three highly-anticipated blockbusters.

F9

With a combined gross of almost $6 billion, the Fast & Furious franchise is among the most lucrative in the world. That’s why we can count on the audience to show up for the latest installment F9, which is poised to be the biggest box office hit of 2021—both domestically and internationally.

Black Widow

The stand-alone Black Widow movie was a long time coming, and Marvel fans wouldn’t miss it for the world. It also doesn’t hurt its case that it’s the first MCU movie since 2019, when Avengers: Endgame and Spider-Man: Far From Home came out.

Space Jam: A New Legacy

A lot of movies nowadays are relying on nostalgia to bring the audiences back to the theaters and that’s the case with Space Jam: A New Legacy starring LeBron James. In addition to being a long-anticipated follow-up to the beloved 90s movie, this project offers family-friendly fun and that’s why it’s safe to expect it will do pretty well at the box office.

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