The Teaser Trailer For “Uncle Drew” Has Been Released

While many people are hoping for a “Space Jam 2”, Celtics superstar Kyrie Irving has his own original basketball movie coming out this summer. “Uncle Drew” stars Irving as the main character, which started in a Pepsi ad back in 2012 and became wildly popular thanks to some convincing acting from the former Duke Blue Devil.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DnKOc6FISU

 

The original “Chapter 1” ad has over 50 million views on YouTube, and six years later, the character is being made into a movie. Irving going on to become one of the league’s best players and an NBA champion that made a clutch shot to help push Cleveland over the top for the city’s first title in over 50 years is certainly a driving force that’s allowing Lionsgate to create this film, which also features Shaquille O’Neal, Chris Webber, Reggie Miller, Lisa Leslie, Nate Robinson, Nick Kroll and others. Here’s the film’s trailer:

 

 

If the NBA Finals go to seven games, they would end on June 17. And Irving and the film would benefit if he’s still playing and wins a title with his second team a couple weeks ahead of the film, but either way it looks like a good amount of people will see the film given the popularity of the character. Uncle Drew having success at the box office could lead to a sequel, unlike Michael Jordan’s classic Space Jam.

 

Uncle Drew hits theaters on June 29.