By: Amanda Anderson-Niles
Kevin Hart is keeping the movie roles lined up and now it appears the comedian will be making a movie with his real life friend and NBA star LeBron James. According to reports, both Kevin and LeBron have signed up to star in the upcoming film, “Ballers.” In the film, James will portray a NBA star, while Hart will portray his brother who desperately wants to get out of his shadow. Deadline writes:
Hart will first co-write the comedy along with his scripting teammates Joey Wells, Chris Spencer and Harry Ratchford. He’ll then star as a man who lives in the shadow of his NBA superstar brother (James), but gets a chance to prove himself when he and some pals attend a weekend fantasy basketball camp in Miami. Hart is certainly dominant in the stand-up arena, but posting up against this screen sibling could be dangerous. Hart is under 5’3″ while James is a towering 6’8.” That kind of sibling size differential hasn’t been seen since Danny DeVito and Arnold Schwarzenegger starred in another Universal comedy, Twins. They’ll sign a director when Hart and his cohorts turn in the script. The plan is to start production next summer when James has time off.
Kevin even took to his Instagram account to express to his fans how thankful he is about the new film. He writes:
Thinking about where I came from & where I have the potential of going!!!! You get out of life what you put into it. #KevinHartQuote #motivation #Focused #moviegrind
This will be LeBron’s first film. Congrats to LeBron and Kevin.
I may have to see this when it comes out.
Dope. Say what you want about Kevin but he stays working.
I’m happy to see Kevin doing so well but he’s just not all that funny to me.
Congrats. It sounds like it could be decent.
How many movies is Kevin going to do? LMAO!
Kevin has to be the hardest work person in the business. He stays making movies.