Snipes played the role of Nino Brown, a rising drug lord during the ’80s crack epidemic in New York City.
The original New Jack City movie was made up of a star-studded cast led by Wesley Snipes, Chris Rock, Ice-T, Allen Payne, Judd Nelson and actor-director Van Peebles.
New Jack City reboot in the works at Warner Bros. It has been almost 28 years since the theatrical release of Mario Van Peebles’ New Jack City, and now Deadline brings word that Warner Bros. Pictures is in the process of developing a reboot of the 1991 action gangster film.
The 1991 film follows detective Scotty Appleton, portrayed by Ice-T, who wants to avenge his mother’s death that was caused by Nino Brown.