Space Jam: A New Legacy will feature the return of several classic Looney Tunes characters, including an updated Lola Bunny.
"This is 2021. It's important to reflect the authenticity of strong, capable female characters," director Malcolm D. Lee told Entertainment Weekly, adding that he "reworked" Lola for the modern era. The change came after Lee watched the original Space Jam and was taken aback by Lola's "overly sexualized" depiction. Lee also described Lola as the Tune Squad's "second-best" player behind LeBron James.
In the original Space Jam film, Lola Bunny first appeared as a player for the Tune Squad and a romantic interest for Bugs Bunny. She has since appeared in various Looney Tunes films and shows, including The Looney Tunes Show and Tweety's High-Flying Adventure. Kath Soucie, who voiced Lola in the original Space Jam, will reprise her role in Space Jam: A New Legacy.
Space Jam: A New Legacy will feature LeBron James being sucked into a virtual reality, where he and the other Looney Tunes must participate in a basketball game to once again save the world. Along the way, he and the Tunes encounter various characters from Warner Bros.' film library.
During a trip to the Warner Bros. studio, NBA Superstar LeBron James and his son accidentally get trapped within a world that contains all of Warner Bros.' stories and characters, under the control of a malfunctioning, all-powerful force named Al G. With the help of Bugs Bunny, LeBron must navigate through a never-before-imagined world filled with iconic movie scenes and characters as they re-assemble the Looney Tunes to rescue his lost son. Now to get back home, Lebron and the Tunes have to unravel Al G's mysterious plan and win an epic basketball game against digital gamified super-versions of the NBA and WNBA's biggest stars as the entire world watches.
Directed by Malcolm D. Lee, Space Jam: A New Legacy stars LeBron James, Don Cheadle and Sonequa Martin-Green. The film arrives in theaters and on HBO Max July 16.
Source: Entertainment Weekly
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