Mike EppssaysIce Cubewants to take theFridaymovies on a live tour.
“The last person I texted was Ice Cube. He wants to do the movieFriday; he wants to go out on tour, like as a play,” Epps says, when asked about the last famous person he texted.
Though Epps wasn’t in the 1995 originalFriday, he joined for the second and third installments,Next Friday(2000) andFriday After Next(2002).
“He’s trying to getChris Tuckerto do church stuff in it, andKatt Williams,” Epps says of Cube’s plans to bring theFridayseries to a new medium. “[It’s] a little crazy, but if we can find these two dudes and get them in it, it’ll be really good.”
Ice Cube and Mike Epps in ‘Next Friday’.New Line/courtesy Everett Collection
New Line/courtesy Everett Collection
Tucker declined to star in the sequels over what Ice Cubedescribed as “religious reasons"in a 2021post on X, formerly known as Twitter. Instead, the sequel introduces Epps as Craig’s cousin Daymond, aka “Day Day,” and sees Craig move in with his cousin and uncle after they win money through the lottery.
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Ice Cube and Chris Tucker in ‘Friday’.New Line/courtesy Everett Collection
Williams, 52, appeared inFriday After Next, which follows Craig and Daymond on another adventure on Christmas Eve. TheFridaysequels made for some of Epps’s first major roles in Hollywood after he made his debut in 1997’sStrays.
“I’ll never forget it, I was onGood Morning America, and my mom religiously watchedGood Morning Americawith a cup of coffee for years,” Epps recalls of doing press forNext Friday. “When my mom saw me onGood Morning AmericaI knew I’d officially made it in showbiz.”
Mike Epps, John Witherspoon and Ice Cube in ‘Friday After Next’.New Line/courtesy Everett Collection
Last year, Ice Cube said during an appearance onMike Tyson’sHotboxin' with Mike Tysonpodcast that he has written two screenplays for a fourthFridayfilm. However, he said Warner Bros. Pictures, which owns the rights to the series, has made itdifficult for him to advance a new entry into production.
“They just kept giving you note after note after note, never giving you the green light,” he said at the time.
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