With each passing year, it seems less and less likely thatFriday 4, akaLast Friday, will ever see the light of day. AfterIce Cubehelped kick off the franchise in 1995 as co-writer and lead star alongside Chris Tucker, he’d partner up with Mike Epps for the 2000 sequelNext Friday. Cube and Epps would return as Craig and Day Day in 2002’sFriday After Next, and for the past 20 years, the characters haven’t made another appearance in film.
This hasn’t been for a lack of trying on Cube’s part. For years, he has been trying to getFriday 4off the ground. Various scripts have been written, but disagreements between Cube and New Line Cinema have kept the project stalled. In December, Cube gave another update on his plan forLast Friday, claiming that the studio was being “weird” with the rights to the franchise. He says that they won’t let him have the control he needs to makeFriday 4and expressed his view that New Line needs to “do the right thing” and relinquish the IP for Cube to properly make the sequel.
“They need to do the right thing, get it to us, let us turn it into more money, and make the fans happy,” Cube said on Mike Tyson’sHotboxin’podcast. “We can do a lot with it.”
Now speaking withTMZ, Cube was asked if he’s thought about moving on fromFridayby doing a new movie calledSaturday. It’s a concept that Cube shuts down instantly, asFridayis about its characters, soSaturdaywould just feel like a letdown without some familiar faces fromFriday.
“You got to use the same IP, so you’re able to’t call itSaturdaywithout using Craig and Day Day,” he remarked.
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With that said, Cube also said thatLast Fridayis not a lost cause, saying that he’ll “never” give up on the sequel. He says he’s still holding out hope for New Line owner Warner Bros. to “do the right thing” by giving him the rights. He refuses to pay for the rights as someone who helped create the franchise, though he also says he won’t be suing the company, either.
“No, ain’t gonna sue nobody,” Cube said when asked if that would be his next course of action.
One issue withLast Fridayis that the film has spent so long in development hell and some of the franchise’s most popular stars, such as John Witherspoon, Tommy Lister Jr., and Anthony Johnson, have died. But Cube wants to keep the story going with Epps by his side, and there has even been some talk ofChris Tucker finally returning as SmokeyifLast Fridayends up getting made.
