Ice Cube and Cedric the Entertainer are reunited in Barbershop: The Next Cut, directed by Malcolm D. Lee, the cousin of filmmaker Spike Lee (The Best Man films, Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins). This movies sets the action in Chicago – and names the fight – a war on violence.
In an interview with rolling out, Director Malcolm Lee shares. “You can’t set a movie in Chicago in 2016 and not talk about gun violence, gang violence and the issues that are plaguing that community. It is unfortunately a place that is under siege like many cities in America. Chicago, which is a great American city is faced with a lot of undue unrest.”
Barbershop – now ten years later – continues the same story that change is hopefully going to come to a troubled community with problems that are bigger than each person. Calvin (Ice Cube) and his longtime crew, including Eddie (Cedric the Entertainer), are still there, but the shop has undergone some major changes. Most noticeably, our once male-dominated sanctuary is now co-ed. Despite the good times and camaraderie within the shop, the surrounding community has taken a turn for the worse, forcing Calvin and our crew to come together to not only save the shop, but their neighborhood.
The ladies who are now part of the newly partnered beauty and barbershop bring their own flavor, drama and gossip to the shop — challenging the fellas at every turn. Barbershop: The Next Cut features a starring ensemble cast including Regina Hall (Think Like a Man), Anthony Anderson (TV’s Black-ish), Eve (Whip It) and JB Smoove (TV’s The Millers), with Oscar winner Common (Best Song, Selma) and Nicki Minaj (The Other Woman).
Lee directed the film from a screenplay by Kenya Barris (Black-ish) & Tracy Oliver (The Neighbors), based on characters created by Mark Brown. Barbershop: The Next Cut is produced by Robert Teitel and George L. Tillman, reteaming from the first two films, and Ice Cube. Malcolm D. Lee, Becki Cross Trujillo, Ronald G. Muhammad and Jeff Kwatinetz served as executive producers.
