I wonder what might be keeping Denzel from signing up. Although I’m also wondering what the incentive would be for him to want to return for a sequel to the film, 15 years later, other than to work with Spike again. It’s been a little while since that happened – Inside Man in 2006 (a film that, by the way, has also been in sequel limbo).
But I doubt that a sequel to He Got Game would ever be greenlit by a Hollywood studio without Denzel Washington’s involvement. Unless it’s independently financed.
The first film opened at #1 at the box office on the weekend of its theatrical premiere, and went on to a $21,567,853 cume (or about $31 million, when adjusted for inflation); So not what you’d call a blockbuster. But not atypical for a Spike Lee joint.
Who’s up for a sequel to He Got Game?
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