Ice Cube Gets “Janky”
According to Variety:
In a preemptive spec deal, Dimension Films has acquired “Janky Promoters,” the first script that Ice Cube has written since the final installment of his “Friday” series.
Cube will star in the film and produce with Cube Vision partner Matt Alvarez.
Cube took less money upfront but will partner with Dimension on the proceeds after recoupment on a budget likely to be about $10 million.
“Janky Promoters” sets Cube and another actor as music promoters who get the chance to book a top-tier hip-hop artist into a midsized California venue. The pair are ill equipped for such a task and everything goes wrong.
Film fits the urban niche that Cube has hit in the “Friday” and “Barbershop” series and films like “First Sunday.”
A director is expected to be named soon, with casting to begin immediately. Dimension topper Bob Weinstein said he is determined to land a big-name rapper to star as himself.
“This feels a lot like ‘Uptown Saturday Night’ to me, a caper film where you have these music promoters who are slightly shady but are good enough guys that you root for them,” Weinstein told Daily Variety. “This is going to be R-rated, and it appeals right to the core of Cube’s audience.”
