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Source: Warner Bros. Pictures

A 'New Jack City' Reboot is in the Works

New jack city thesource 715x402 Source: Warner Bros. Pictures

Snowfall star Malcolm M. Mays will work with the film's original producer and A Star is Born's Bill Gerber.

Warner Bros' hood classic New Jack City will be the latest film to be rebooted, according to Deadline. 

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Nearly 30 years after it hit theaters in 1991, the movie's original producer Doug McHenry will work with Snowfall actor-filmmaker Malcolm M. Mays and Bill Gerber — known for producing A Star is Born and Gran Torino.

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Mays has recently worked on Warner Bros' Ferguson and Overbrook Entertainment's Flint. The former is an adaption of Tell the Truth & Shame the Devil: The Life, Legacy, and Love of My Son Michael Brown, written by Lezley McSpadden and Lyah Beth LeFlore.

No director has been announced as of yet.

Source: Deadline