According to Deadline, Warner Bros. has tapped Snowfall actor and filmmaker Malcolm M. Mays to pen the script for a remake of the 1991 gangster film New Jack City.
Directed by Mario Van Peebles, the original movie saw Wesley Snipes starring as Nino Brown, a Harlem drug lord who becomes the target of Ice-T’s NYPD detective, and also featured Van Peebles, Chris Rock, Judd Nelson and Allen Payne in its cast. A critical and commercial success, the film grossed almost $50 million at the box office upon its release.
As yet, there’s no word on a potential director for the New Jack City remake, but the new movie is being produced by Bill Gerber (A Star Is Born) along with the original film’s producer Doug McHenry.
