Ballers Movie Updates
Total Updates: 33
- changed the status of Malcolm D. Lee to Former
- changed the status of Malcolm D. Lee to Former
- changed the production status to Development
- changed the status of Kevin Hart to Current
- added Doug Ellin as screenwriter (rewrite) to credits
- changed the status of Kevin Hart to Former
- added Mark Wahlberg as actor to credits
- changed the production status to Development
- added Kevin Hart as screenwriter to credits
- added a synopsis
- Kevin Hart will play the brother of an NBA superstar (LeBron James) who gets a chance to prove himself when he and some friends attend a weekend fantasy basketball camp.
- added Kevin Hart as actor to credits
- changed the title from "Fantasy Basketball Camp" to "Ballers"
- added "Fantasy Basketball Camp " as an also known as title
- changed the production status to Concept
- changed the production status to Concept
- changed the US film release date from TBA 2012 to TBA
- changed the film release date from TBA 2011 to TBA 2012
- added "Untitled Lebron James Project" as an also known as title
- added "Ballers" as an also known as title
- added Babaloo Mandel to the credits
- added Peter Steinfeld to the credits
- added Malcolm D. Lee to the credits
- changed the film release date from TBA to TBA 2011
- added Imagine Entertainment as a production company
- added Universal Pictures as a distributor
- added Michael Rosenberg to the credits
- added Maverick Carter to the credits
- added Brian Grazer to the credits
- added Lowell Ganz to the credits
- added LeBron James to the credits
Mon., Sep. 26, 2016
from Variety
Mark Wahlberg to Star With LeBron James in Basketball Fantasy Camp Movie ‘Balle...
Mark Wahlberg will star with NBA superstar LeBron James in the basketball fantasy camp comedy Ballers.
Sun., Dec. 8, 2013
from Variety
Kevin Hart to Co-Star With Lebron James in Universal’s ‘Ballers’
Kevin Hart is attached to co-star with LeBron James in the Universal and Imagine Entertainment comedy Ballers.
Tue., Jun. 14, 2011
from Variety
LeBron James comedy back on ice
The Miami Heat forward has been attached to star in Universal/Imagine's sports comedy "Ballers" since Sept. 2009, and after an initial year-long delay to accommodate his highly-anticipated free agency during the summer of 2010, production was pushed to July 2011. However, in the wake of Miami's NBA Finals loss to the D...
Sat., Nov. 13, 2010
from Los Angeles Times
'The Thing' is loose: Universal adjusts 2011 release schedule
The Universal Pictures slate is getting a little cloudy. The studio has decided to remove "The Thing," its prequel to the 1982 John Carpenter science-fiction picture, from its scheduled April 29, 2011, opening, leaving the film without a release date.
Sat., Jul. 3, 2010
Wed., Mar. 31, 2010
Lee to Helm 'Basketball Camp'
LeBron James is one step closer to a Hollywood career. "Fantasy Basketball Camp," the Universal-Imagine sports comedy to which the superstar athlete is attached as an actor, has gained a director in Malcolm D. Lee. Also, Peter Steinfeld has come aboard to pen a new draft.