
That would have been amazing, although Shawn Bradley - a fellow humongous center at 7-foot-6 - was in it. The aliens agree, but they steal the powers of NBA basketball players, including Larry Bird and Charles Barkley, so Bugs gets some help from superstar Michael Jordan. While the NBA players in the film were easy to recruit - other than a failed attempt to bring in 7’7″ Romanian center and future My Giant star Gheorghe Mureșan - filling the non-basketball roles proved challenging. When his gang, the Nerdlucks, heads to Earth to kidnap Bugs Bunny and the Looney Tunes, Bugs challenges them to a basketball game to determine their fate.
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Ex-Washington center Gheorge Muresan was almost in the movie Release Date: Novem PG Starring: Michael Jordan, Wayne Knight Summary: Bugs Bunny has gotten himself and his Looney Tunes cohorts into a jam by facing off against the Nerdlucks, a grouchy gang of tiny space creatures who land on Earth. “Then, I wanted Chevy Chase because I had worked with Chevy on some Doritos commercials, and they didn’t want to go for that kind of stuff.” 3. The studio didn’t want him,” Pytka explains. Now, I get that the original Space Jam wasnt much better in this regard - heck, the original movie was based off of a. Fox or Chevy Chase for the role played by Seinfeld actor Wayne Knightĭirector Joe Pytka had this to say to EW.com last year:

Seal opens up the jam with the universally appealing single. It is a collection of enthusiasm and charm, bold in expression and passionate in both it's lyrical quality and amazing variety of artists, bringing forth a broad landscape of musical style and form. Those post-shoot pickup games became something of a cult fascination, with Falk citing luminaries like Reggie Miller, Magic Johnson and Dean Cain of Superman fame. Michael Jordan and a cast of charming Looney Tunes personalities. would build an air conditioned arena - Pytka called it “The Jordan Dome” - so Michael could keep his skills sharp and blow off steam after long hours in front of a green screen. There was an arena built so Jordan could play hoops between scenesįamously, Falk negotiated into the contract that Warner Bros.


The classic Michael Jordan movie that starred Bill Murray, a bunch of NBA stars and a very talented group of Looney Tunes turns 21 years old on Wednesday, so let’s celebrate by checking out some facts you might not know about it: 1.
