Will there be a Friday 4?

Ice Cube has been actively campaigning to make his 4th installment of the Friday movie series.  And he's made it known that he wants the original star of the movie, Chris Tucker, to reprise his role.  Cube has stated he already has the concept for the movie.  He just needs to get Tucker on board along with the film studio New Line Cinema to get the financing.

After the first Friday, Chris Tucker made the decision not to return for the sequels after becoming a born again Christian.  However, Tucker found huge success starring in the popular Rush Hour movies with Jackie Chan.

So will there be a Friday 4?  We'll see...

Just Me:  I would love to see Chris Tucker return to this sequel.  Quite frankly I'm not sure it should be made if he doesn't.  The first Friday was a true comedy classic.  No one can deny that.  It's one of the few movies starring an all African-American cast that penetrated pop culture.  Everyone saw it!  Whites, Blacks, Asians, old people, toddlers...everybody.  I remember people talking about and quoting this movie up to a year after it came out.

What was GREAT about this movie was Chris Tucker.  I just couldn't get into any of the sequels after the original.  In the original Tucker and Cube pulled off that bond of friendship really well.  While watching it I really got the feeling they must have been friends in real life.  Among Chris Tucker missing, there were some other things lacking as well.  Did you notice that Cube changed directors for the sequels?  I really didn't notice until I thought about this fact...in the original Friday I felt like I was literally in the movie.  What I mean by that is I felt like I was sitting right next to Smokey and Craig in Craig's front yard and in the crowd on the street when Deebo was getting his ass whipped.  The director, F. Gary Gray did a good job of taking you there.  I felt like I was chillin' in L.A. without having even been there.  The sequels didn't give me that.  I barely made it through Next Friday and didn't even bother seeing Friday After Next.

So I'm rooting for Cube.  I hope he can bring his project to light.  While he's trying to get Chris Tucker back, he better get back F. Gary Gray too.