Few, if any, sports movies have generated more interest and debate years before their release than "Space Jam: A New Legacy," which releases in theaters and on HBO Max on Friday.
The sequel to the 1996 nostalgia powerhouse that is Michael Jordan's "Space Jam," the new Warner Bros. film comes with Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James at the helm, the Looney Tunes at his flank and the entire Warner Bros. movie vault around him.
Like in all aspects of James' career, comparisons to the Jordan original are inescapable, but when the movie also has seen two different directors, six different screenwriters, five other NBA and WNBA All-Stars, two years of production and a $150 million budget, the bigger question around the movie may simply be "Is it good?