The plot involves cousins Craig ( Ice Cube) and Day-Day ( Mike Epps) as roommates who have made one promise too many to their landlady (BeBe Drake), especially now that her man-mountain son Damon ( Terry Crews) is out on parole. At least its characters just wanna have fun and don't seem mad at the world. Sandler's film is so mean-spirited that "Friday After Next," for all of its vulgarity (and scatology, and obscenity), seems almost benevolent by contrast. That probably helped me get in a better spirit. You can check out the clip from The Late Late Show for yourself below.As it happens, I saw the movie at about the same time as Adam Sandler's "8 Crazy Nights," another holiday picture with an ethnic angle. Especially since Friday After Next came out 15 years ago. If Ice Cube can get him on board, it could help get people interested. Gary Gray directed the first installment and he has since gone on to become a big player in Hollywood, directing movies like Straight Outta Compton and The Fate of the Furious. There is no word yet on a release date for Last Friday or who may direct. That may not sound like a lot for three movies in total, but considering that the budgets were all relatively low, they represented a good return for the studio.
To date, the Friday movies have made a total of $121 million at the box office. Though, they made good money and the audience seemed to enjoy them, so there is reason to think that Last Friday could work. Friday was a surprise critical and financial success, but both Next Friday and Friday After Next were panned by critics. The Friday movies have been quite successful at the box office, but the returns, at least in terms of quality, have diminished since the first movie came out. There is no word yet on if Chris Tucker will reprise his role as Smokey from the first movie this time around, but if this really is the final movie, as the title Last Friday implies, it would seem like a good time to bring him back. It also seems like a safe bet that Mike Epps, who appeared as Day-Day in the last two Friday movies, will appear in some capacity. He will also be at least co-writing the script, which he has also done on the previous three movies. For one, Ice Cube will surely be starring in the movie, as he has done in all three previous installments. Unfortunately, Ice Cube didn't have any other details to offer up at this time on Last Friday, but there are a few things we can safely assume. He didn't say much about it, but when the subject of a Friday 4 came up, he did confirm that he is working on one and that they at least have a title for it at this point, if nothing else. Ice Cube recently appeared on The Late Late Show with James Corden, where he revealed the news.
The movie, which is going to be titled Last Friday, according to Ice Cube, doesn't yet have a release date, but is being worked on as we speak. The writer/actor/rapper has confirmed that another installment of the Friday franchise is indeed in the works. Ice Cube is, once again, returning to the well that helped bring him from the rap game to the movie screen.
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