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Ice Cube he is as upset as you are that there has been no “Friday” sequel in almost 20 years, and he is blaming Warner Bros. for blocking the franchise.
Cube just shot WB on Twitter, claiming that the media giant refuses to hand him the reins of the “Friday” franchise to make more sequences and thus hijack the “happiness of culture”.
Sources familiar with the situation tell TMZ … Ice Cube is really upset about the way it has been treated by Warner Bros. over the years, and the dispute for more sequences is just the tip of the iceberg – no pun intended.
Our sources say that WB owns the rights to the ‘Friday’ franchise, and the studio does not seem interested in doing any more sequences at the moment. The OG “Friday” was launched in 1995, followed by “Next Friday” in 2000 and “Friday After Next” in 2002.
They said that Cube is upset because Warner Bros refuses to release his rights so he can produce sequences elsewhere … and our sources say that Cube feels that the ‘Friday’ franchise is his art, and if WB doesn’t want to do it more films, they must give him the rights so that he can.
We got in touch with WB … so far no word back.