Like its beloved predecessor, the new Space Jam, subtitled A New Legacy, features a host of familiar Looney Tunes characters. There’s Bugs Bunny, of course, and Daffy Duck and Yosemite Sam, all of whom starred alongside Michael Jordan in the original 1996 film. Back then, the commingling of two worlds—the NBA and kids’ cartoons—felt exciting and fresh. More than two decades later, however, commingling is far too quaint a word to describe the veritable orgy of Warner Bros. properties that are stuffed into the sequel, coming to theaters and HBO Max on July 16.
Enumerating the cameos in the just-released trailer is a Herculean task requiring a PhD in entertainment micro-mythology, or at least a savvy grounding in Easter Egg detection. In addition to Bugs and Daff, there’s King Kong, the Iron Giant, Yogi Bear, the Mystery Machine from Scooby Doo, and even the dystopian blokes from the X-rated A Clockwork Orange, which, yes, was released by Warner Bros. The only character…
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