Looks like Ice Cube is gearing up to jump into the animation world with a voice over role in an upcoming Spider-Man film. Find out which character he’s set to play, plus why folks are mad at “Saturday Night Live” inside…
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Ice Cube stays with a new project coming down the pipeline.
After announcing his Big3 League and releasing the funny film Fist Fight, there is talk that the actor/rapper/producer will be entering the world of animation. He’s supposedly in talks to lend his voice for a major character in the forthcoming animated movie.
It’s rumored that Cube is being eyed by Sony Pictures for the role of Jefferson Davis, Miles Morales’ father in the upcoming Spider-Man movie. It was brought up during the newest episode of “Meet The Movie Press” by co-host Jeff Sneider.
It’s interesting to note, similar rumors were circulating around this time last year. Cube told Complex, “If I’m not playing Spider-Man, I’m not doing sh*t…I’m not about to play one of these side busters.”
Guess he had a change of heart.
In other news...
Oscar winner Octavia Spencer made her debut as the host of “Saturday Night Live” over the weekend. While she did an amazing job, everyone isn’t pleased with one of the skits she performed in.
In the skit, the Hidden Figures star portrays a woman suing a pharmaceutical company for stealing her family and friends' names to use as the name of their drugs. Yes, it’s a joke on black people’s names and some folks are pissed about it.
Check out the skit above and then peep the angry tweets below:
Who @ #SNL is responsible for a skit where it feels like black names are being mocked? Feels racially tinged to me.
— Vivian Gomez (@VivianG_) March 5, 2017
Who @ #SNL is responsible for a skit where it feels like black names are being mocked? Feels racially tinged to me.
— Vivian Gomez (@VivianG_) March 5, 2017
I gotta say not super happy that #snl seems to be using host @octaviaspencer to apparently mock black names as their first skit...
— AleQ Bateman (@AleQBateman) March 5, 2017
Did Jimmy Kimmel write this racist SNL drug sketch making fun of black people's names?
— Cynthia Kao (@CynthKao) March 5, 2017
That medication = black names SNL sketch? C'mon now Sasheer, Leslie, and Octavia...
— Ashley Elizabeth (@ashe_elizabeth) March 5, 2017
Thoughts?
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