Jack Harlow Makes Movie Debut Alongside Sinqua Partitions in White Males Cannot Soar Teaser — Watch
Jack Harlow‘s film debut is sort of upon us!
The “Tyler Herro” rapper would possibly need to channel the abilities of his hit music’s namesake, as the primary teaser for Hulu’s White Males Cannot Soar remake launched on Sunday and finds Harlow on the courtroom alongside co-star Sinqua Walls (American Soul, Friday Evening Lights).
The R-rated reboot of Ron Shelton’s 1992 basketball basic arrives on Hulu on Could 19, and is directed by Charles Kidd II (a.okay.a. Calmatic) and produced by Kenya Barris‘ Khalabo Ink Society.
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The teaser — a primary have a look at the remake of the Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson unique — stars Harlow and Partitions as they begin a 2-on-2 sport of ball when Harlow’s character (known as Jeremy in YouTube subtitles) brings up that he might not manage to pay for to cowl the sport.
The clip then finds Harlow meditating courtside as opponents ask what he is doing, earlier than Partitions’ character says “he is virtually executed.” Elsewhere, Harlow’s character refers to himself because the “P.T. Anderson of basketball psychological warfare,” calling him the “best residing director.” After Partitions’ character argues that Spike Lee is the best residing director, Harlow says that Lee “isn’t even a superb Knicks fan.”
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The clip is the preliminary have a look at Harlow’s film-acting chops within the twentieth Century Studios movie, which was introduced back in March 2022 when a number of shops, together with Deadline, famous that Harlow would man the function beforehand held by Harrelson, now 61.
The commerce reported that the rapper impressed filmmakers and executives throughout his audition, with Barris, who co-wrote the screenplay alongside Doug Corridor, seeing him as a match. Corridor, Ryan Kalil, Noah Weinstein, E. Brian Dobbins and Blake Griffin all function govt producers for the film, which arrives greater than 30 years after the unique. The new cast may even embrace Laura Harrier, Teyana Taylor, and rapper Vince Staples, who just lately appeared in Abbott Elementary.
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Final March on the 2022 Academy Awards, Harrelson, Snipes, 60, and Rosie Perez reunited to current the award for Finest Cinematography in honor of their movie’s thirtieth anniversary. “It is onerous to consider it has been 30 years since White Males Cannot Soar,” Perez, 58, mentioned, to which Harrelson quipped, “You imply 30 years since I proved they may.”
Whereas the brand new teaser dropped on Sunday, Harlow can be having an enormous day for one different purpose. The rapper is nominated for 3 awards at Sunday’s Grammys, together with Finest Melodic Rap Efficiency for “First Class,” Finest Rap Track for “Churchill Downs” and Finest Rap Album for Come Residence The Youngsters Miss You.
White Males Cannot Soar arrives on Hulu on Could 19.