released The Duxorcist as the first theatrical Looney Tunes short since Injun Trouble in 1969. It began with the revitalization of a classic franchise before taking a sports-themed turn. The road to Space Jam had been interesting, to say the least. is about as weird as it gets.”Īs Ren & Stimpy wrapped up, the animation industry was abuzz over a “looney” new project at Warner Bros.: Space Jam. “There were a lot of crazy, fun, weird people working on it, and working with John K. “Everything else kind of pales in comparison,” he says, particularly when thinking about the series’ early days. “We got away with murder on that show,” says Camp of Ren & Stimpy‘s edgy humor, calling the relationship between Spümcø and Nickelodeon “contentious.” After Nickelodeon dismissed Kricfalusi in September 1992, Camp took over as director of Ren & Stimpy until the show’s finale in 1995.Ĭamp notes Ren & Stimpy as a high point in his career. Of the characters in Gang, Coffey singled out a certain dog-and-cat duo for their own series, Ren & Stimpy. Beck’s Streamline Pictures partner Carl Macek arranged for Kricfalusi to meet with Vanessa Coffey, Nickelodeon’s Vice President of Animation Production at the time.
Camp and Kricfalusi shared an office with animation historian Jerry Beck, in the building that would eventually house Kricfalusi’s production company, Spümcø. Pig.Īfter less than a year, Camp left Tiny Toons to work with John Kricfalusi, commonly known as John K., on the pitch for Our Gang or Your Gang, in which a live-action host presented an assortment of cartoons, each a parody of popular cartoon scenarios. In the series, Looney Tunes staples such as Bugs and Daffy were teachers at Acme Looniversity, instructing a fresh group of characters including Buster and Babs Bunny, Plucky Duck and Hamton J. as a storyboard artist for another Looney Tunes project, Steven Spielberg’s Tiny Toon Adventures. In 1989, University of Texas alum Bob Camp joined Warner Bros. He found it when Space Jam 2 was cancelled only a few weeks after its pre-production began… Hence, why haven’t Bugs and Michael re-teamed for a rematch?Īnimator Bob Camp knows the answer. The official website for Space Jam, online since 1996īut what exactly happened to the original plans for Space Jam 2, in 1997? Considering Space Jam‘s gross of $230 million worldwide, one might suspect a sequel would have been a sure thing. Last August, LeBron James of the Miami Heat sent news sites gossiping when he suggested on Twitter that he should star in Space Jam 2.
Headlines were made in December 2010 when the online community discovered the film’s antiquated website was still active. Sixteen years later, Space Jam remains popular as a cult classic, its fanbase ever increasing. created a full-length follow-up, returning the Looney Tunes to the big screen. Viewers responded to this team-up of “Air Jordan” and “Hare Jordan” with overwhelming praise.
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developed the flick after a series of Nike ads paired NBA superstar Michael Jordan with Bugs Bunny from 1992 to 1993. The game, of course, was the one in the 1996 box office hit Space Jam.
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It featured few professional basketball players, however, as many of the NBA’s best and brightest had been stripped of their basketball skills by the nefarious Nerdluck alien race. In the ’90s, a “Dream Team” of superstars assembled for one of the biggest basketball games of all time.
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