After 19 Years, Ice Cube’s $156 Million Franchise Is Officially Back

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Everything’s coming up Ice Cube when it comes to the rapper-turned-actor’s beloved comedy franchises. Earlier this month, news broke that he was in talks to reprise his role as Captain Dickson in a long-awaited third installment of the 21 Jump Street franchise, titled 24 Jump Street, alongside Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill. This year also brought word that Cube was also discussing a reunion with Kevin Hart for another Ride Along film, after writer Daniel Gold delivered a script that finally got the team excited for another shift in the buddy cop series. Even the Friday franchise has been making steady progress towards its return following the reveal that Last Friday would finally conclude the ever-quotable smash hit after two decades and, hopefully, bring back as many familiar faces as possible.

According to a new report, yet another Ice Cube-centric comedy is now mounting a comeback. 19 years after the last installment arrived in theaters, Are We There Yet? is officially in development through Skydance Sports, with both him and Nia Long back in the fold as Nick and Suzanne. Chris Hazzard and Mike Fontana, the duo behind the live-action Teddy Ruxpin movie announced last year, are penning the screenplay for Are They Gone Yet?, which will follow the couple as they now welcome grandkids into the fold. It’ll be a new chapter and a much greater challenge for the couple that Cube is excited to navigate for a new audience, saying in a statement:

“We built something special with this franchise. Audiences grew up with Nick Persons, and now Nick’s got grandkids. Time flies. Partnering with Skydance to bring this story to a new generation is exactly the kind of move CubeVision was built for, and I am excited for the new partnership.”