Have you seen the new Space Jam 2 trailer released at exactly 9:00AM EDT Saturday morning? It looks good! “Meh, LeBron James,” you say? Well, Klay Thompson seems to be playing a pretty dope character, so DubNation might actually be all in on this one.
And get this, he’s the Human Torch! Is that sacrilege, though? If I recall correctly, that was one of Stephen Curry’s early nicknames, circa 2012-13.
That was my first thought when Klay himself posted an Instagram story that was a repost of a post from Uninterrupted, one of LeBron’s media companies. It had a picture of cartoon Klay in fiery form. “The Goon Squad is stacked!” wrote Klay in the IG story. From just Klay’s repost, there was no indication that his character was more than just a Human Torch:
But then you watch the rather exciting trailer and you see a water-based “hero” (actually, it’s a villain, as the Goon Squad are obviously the bad guys, just like they were in the first Space Jam) and that guy really looks like Klay as well.
By the way, I’m not really a “comics” guy, but I googled around and found that the most popular water-borne comic book character seems to be Marvel’s Hydro-Man.
Meanwhile, Anthony Davis makes his grand appearance as some sort of bird, or eagle, or I guess the favorite word from the comics is hawk (why is that?). Then there’s Diana Taurasi as a spider and later a, gulp, serpent 😬. And then Damian Lillard as a cyborg. Wow! Dame! Cool. Very cool:
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Tunes vs. Goons. Watch LeBron James and Bugs Bunny in the new trailer for Space Jam: A New Legacy. In theaters and streaming on HBO Max* – July 16. #SpaceJamMovie
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