Jamie Foxx Reveals Why His Comedy 'All-Star Weekend' Won’t Be Released

Jamie Foxx is opening up about the status of his shelved comedy movie, All-Star Weekend.

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If you recall, the flick was filmed in 2016 with Jamie starring opposite Jeremy Piven and Robert Downey, Jr.

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among others and it centered on two best friends who win tickets to the NBA All-Star game. Yet their travel plans get derailed due to a group of outrageous characters

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Robert allegedly was starring as a Mexican man and Jamie himself was also going to be playing multiple roles including, reportedly, a racist, white police officer

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While speaking to CinemaBlend, Jamie revealed that the movie had been shelved because the landscape of comedy has changed.

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“It’s been tough with the lay of the land when it comes to comedy,” he shared. “We’re trying to break open the sensitive corners

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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.”

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