Jamie Foxx has recently spoken CinemaBlendThis is his unreleased directorial effort “All-Star Weekend”The current state of comedy means that the film is being held back. The Oscar winner directed the comedy with a cast that included Jeremy Piven Jr., Robert Downey Jr. Gerard Butler, Eva Longoria and Benicio del Toro.
“All-Star Weekend”Foxx and Piven star as best friends, who win tickets to the NBA’s annual event. Their characters make a trip to Los Angeles to see the all-star NBA game. But their trip is disrupted by a few eccentric characters. Downey Jr. borrowed a page of his. “Tropic Thunder”Playbook and starred with the Mexican man in “All-Star Weekend,” while one of Foxx’s multiple roles was allegedly a white racist cop. The film has remained unreleased for many years.
“It’s been tough with the lay of the land when it comes to comedy,” Foxx CinemaBlend – Tell usWhen fans are asked when they might be able see the show, “All-Star Weekend” released. “We’re trying to break open the sensitive corners where people go back to laughing again…we hope to keep them laughing and run them right into ‘All-Star Weekend’ because we were definitely going for it.”
Foxx defends Downey Jr. being cast as a Mexican man A 2017 interviewJoe Rogan (via New York Post), saying, “I called Robert, I said, ‘I need you to play a Mexican.’ I said, ‘Shit, you played the black dude [in ‘Tropic Thunder’] and you killed that shit.’ We got to be able to do characters.”
Jeremy Piven appeared in the “Get Some with Gary Owen”In May, said fans will “never see”This movie was made because “Jamie doesn’t want to release it.”
“It’s one of those things where Foxx is probably the most talented guy I’ve ever been around, known, heard of. He’s the funniest guy in the room. He can sing. There’s nothing Foxx can’t do,”Piven spoke. “I had the time of my life … Foxx is really hard on himself. He’s one of these dudes, you know, he wants it to be perfect, so he’s been holding onto this thing for five years.”
Foxx currently stars in Netflix’s vampire comedy “Day Shift,”It is streaming now.