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August 6, 2018 from The Hollywood Reporter<\/strong><\/a>
Jamie Foxx on Directorial Debut, LeBron-Curry Rivalry
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“Comedy, right now, needs a movie like ‘All-Star Weekend,'” the actor said of his sports film about two superfans (one of Curry, the other James) who sneak into the All-Star game.
The LeBron James-Steph Curry rivalry is always newsworthy, but is even more pronounced now that the former has joined the latter in NBA’s Western Conference (and the same state) by signing with the L.A. Lakers in a four-year deal. Jamie Foxx didn\u2019t need any prodding to comment on sports\u2019 biggest story because he\u2019s been on a deep dive into that world via his directorial debut All-Star Weekend.<\/p>\n

The film, readying for release in 2019, is a buddy rivalry comedy about two guys \u2014 one is a Curry superfan and the other loves James \u2014 who travel from Indiana to Los Angeles in the hope that they can get into the NBA All-Star game. \u201cIt\u2019s so relevant right now,\u201d Foxx, who wrote, directed and stars in the film, tells THR during a sit-down on the set of his Grey Goose digital talk show Off Script. \u201cComedy, right now, needs a movie like All-Star Weekend and something you haven\u2019t seen before.\u201d<\/p>\n

All the actors, however, are more than just recognizable.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have Jeremy Piven, Robert Downey Jr., Benicio Del Toro, Gerard Butler, Eva Longoria, Floyd Mayweather, the Game, French Montana, DJ Khaled. I mean, I called all of my friends for a favor and they came. Having the leisure of having great actors and actresses is everything. If Robert Downey Jr. is there, if Benicio Del Toro is there, all you gotta do is just steady the camera,\u201d Foxx says, adding a few more names to the list of people he leaned on for inspiration. \u201cI sat on the shoulders of some of the greatest directors of the world from Oliver Stone to Michael Mann to Antoine Fuqua to Taylor Hackford, Quentin Tarantino. So I basically learned what it is that I want.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although he\u2019s still editing (and meeting with distributors), Foxx says he\u2019s ready to do it all over again and take another spin in the director’s chair sometime soon. \u201cI definitely wanna do that. I have a couple of tricks up my sleeve.”<\/p>\n

The film is due out the end of 2019<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

Gerard Butler has so much love for \u2018incredible\u2019 Jamie Foxx and it\u2019s bromance goals<\/a><\/blockquote>