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Wesley Snipes Speaks On ‘New Jack City’ Sequel: “I Think Some Things Should Be Left Alone”

<p>Lately&comma; we’ve been bombarded with an overabundance of remakes&comma; reboots and sequels of some of the most beloved films and TV shows of all-time—and they rarely&comma; if ever&comma; match the popularity and success of the original&period; Just weeks after it was announced that classic film &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;New Jack City” would be getting the sequel treatment&comma; the film’s star&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;new-jack-city-reboot-is-reportedly-in-the-works&sol;">Wesley Snipes<&sol;a>&comma; has finally offered his opinion&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>While in the middle of his press run for his role in the upcoming Eddie Murphy film&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Dolemite Is My Name&comma;” Wesley Snipes was asked his feelings about a sequel to the film that made him a household name&comma; 1991’s crime drama &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;New Jack City&period;” As reported by &commat;shadow&lowbar;act&comma; Wesley’s <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;shadowandact&period;com&sol;heres-what-wesley-snipes-feelings-are-about-the-new-jack-city-sequel">response echoed<&sol;a> what many fans have already stated since the sequel was announced&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He stated his feelings very bluntly&comma; stating&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I&&num;8217&semi;m not associated with it&comma; you know&period; I&&num;8217&semi;m have nothing to do with it at all&period; I think some things should be left alone&&num;8230&semi;if it worked at the time under the circumstances&period; And the story was built around things that are current&period; I don&&num;8217&semi;t particularly like the idea of recreating the drug culture&period; For what&quest; &lbrack;&&num;8230&semi;&rsqb; I don&&num;8217&semi;t know&period; They actually talked to me about doing it and I told them no&period; If I had a dime for every time I&&num;8217&semi;ve said no&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s a done deal&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s a wrap&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Wesley’s role as ruthless drug kingpin Nino Brown is one of his most iconic roles and is one of the culture’s most beloved films&comma; which is why most people are not here for it being remade under any circumstances&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>At press time&comma; 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