Date 17/09/2015 - News People
Deadline reports that Ice Cube will play Ebenezer Scrooge in a retelling of the Charles Dickens classic directed by Tim Story. The film called Humbug was written by Todd R. Jones and Earl Richey Jones. While the Scrooge of Humbug will be a wealthy real estate mogul rather than a banker, the story will remain otherwise unchanged.Humbug marks another collaboration between Ice Cube and Story, who recently wrapped Ride Along 2, the sequel to their 2014 comedy hit with Kevin Hart expected to open January 15th, 2016. Story and Cube's working relationship, however, goes back to 2002's Barbershop; and while the rapper is currently filming the third movie in that franchise, Malcolm D. Lee is handling directorial duties.
