Ice Cube Details Original ‘Friday 4’ Script That Was Rejected

Ice Cube has shared details about the script he came up with for a fourth Friday movie before it was rejected by Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema. Speaking on Cam Newton’s Funky Friday podcast, Cube — who writes the cult films as well as stars in them — discussed the contents of the original screenplay. AD LOADING… “I wrote a script where Craig and Day-Day, they had a dispensary. They had a flash mob in there and they caught one of the kids and beat his little ass, and they end up going to jail,” he said. “So they in jail ducking Deebo, they in jail ducking Damon, they in jail ducking the Joker brothers. And then they get into a rehab.” AD LOADING… The N.W.A legend said that he wanted to bring Chris Tucker back into the fold to reprise his role as Smokey, who only appears in the first Friday film. “Smokey was running the rehab but it was a bullshit rehab where he was taking everybody’s weed and smoking it,” he said with a laugh. [embedded content] However, Warner Bros. and New Line rejected the script as they didn’t see the appeal of a movie being...