Diggs And Underwood Join 'JKX Movie'

[Friday, July 19th, 2002]
Taye Diggs and Blair Underwood are set to star in Warner Bros. Pictures' untitled Jamie Kennedy project for director John Whitesell, reports The Hollywood Reporter.

The project, previously known as "Suckaz," is based on one of Kennedy's characters from the WB Network hidden camera/sketch comedy series "JKX: The Jamie Kennedy Experiment."


Taye Diggs, Blair Underwood

It centers on Gluckman (Kennedy), a white would-be rap star from Malibu whose wealthy father is running for governor and is not pleased about having a son who walks and talks like he is from the 'hood. The father and his campaign manager (Underwood) hire two Juilliard-trained actors -- one of which is Diggs -- to portray actual "gangstaz," take the boy to the 'hood and scare the urban attitude out of him.

The film will co-star Nick Swardson as Gluckman's sidekick Mocha.

Shooting begins in early August.

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