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‘Love Jones’ Sequel?
Published by Clay Cane on Friday, October 9, 2009 at 12:00 am.
The 1997 film Loves Jones is one of the most beloved films in the history of African-American cinema. The romantic drama was set in Chicago and followed the story of Nina Mosley (Nia Long) and Darius Lovehall (Larenz Tate). The cult classic captured a generation of twenty-something African-Americans — all wanting a romance like Nina and Darius.
In addition, Love Jones helped launch the acting careers of Lisa Nicole Carson, Isaiah Washington and Bill Bellamy.
In my interview with Nia Long for Good Hair, which is in theaters today, she talks of a Love Jones sequel — one that would not include a Nia or Larenz…
I have to ask you about “Love Jones.” Are you surprised how people are obsessed with that movie even to this day?
Making the movie, it was just so close to what I know as being Black – Black love. It’s the closest that you were going to ever get in my opinion — that film is timeless. For years, they’ve been saying, “Let’s do a sequel.” I heard that it’s possible there might be a sequel in the works that’s going straight to video with two other actors because I would never do that and Larenz [Tate] wouldn’t either. I think that’s going to be the biggest mistake they could ever make. It’s a cult classic and people love that movie. If you try to serve that up with different actors and a sequel straight to video, you’re going to piss a lot of people off.
I need Nina Mosley! [Laughs]
Right! It’s not even about my own ego, it’s just I do understand what it means to us. I do understand what people expect. Larenz and I made a pact, I haven’t talked to him in years, we would never do it unless it was done properly. There is no reason to touch something that was done so beautifully. Not even us as actors but just the story, the visuals, the dialogue and the music. It was rich with textures.
I think every Loves Jones fan would co-sign with Nia. This supposed Love Jones sequel sounds like it would just be a romance flick with the label “Love Jones” slapped on it. I don’t think the fans would be interested. As Nia said — there is no reason to touch something that is so beautiful.
However, I would like a proper DVD release with some bonus features like deleted scenes, cast interviews and audio commentary. The current DVD is bare bones!
Would you be interested in a Love Jones sequel with new actors?
I loved this movie so much I had to have it in my collection of movies. If aint broke don’t fix it. LEAVE THAT MOVIE ALONE!!!! That is my most favorite movie of all times. I am 35 yrs old and when I think of black love and romance I refer back to Nina & Darius “that funk in my right thigh babbby leave that *?@$ alone”
Okaaayyyy!!!!
THE ORIGINAL IS A CLASSIC… BUT, I DO LIKE TO LOOK AND THE INTERVIEWS WITH THE CAST, COMMENTARY, ETC….
There is nuthing like Black Love. When that movie Came out, I was 21.
I went out on this date with this Guy. A teddy bear really. We both sat there more into the then we were in each other. That was 12 yrs. ago. And for the past 12 years, 1 friday a month , we send our 4 kids to there granny’s house we sit and what that movie, and now it’s like damn ! that’s us . We have our life together , our 4 children, and family. And Our Black Love.
this is the best movie! yes
Please don’t touch it.
Omgee im lyk 16 and I saw thys movie wen ii was a little gurl .. Didn’t know much about lovee but it showed meh how beautiful it culd be . I love when darius a.k.a. Larenze tate dose the poem “a blues for nina ” omg he did his thing.. They shuldnt do tha movie again b.c. Its gonna kill what was already done.. Larenze srry is ii spelled yur name wrong.. Buh he acted his butt off and for them to try and do a remake and get a nother man to do wat he did aint go happen.. Tlkin about thys makes me wanna watch it. That’s y ii have it on dvd lol.. Buh to make a long story short I wuldnt do a remake there’s noo need … and that ending when he said thys is urgent lyk a .. Yall know the rest .. Lol makes meeh cry exellent movie .. THE WAY IT IS NO SEQUAL NEEDED !!
LOVE JONES IS CLEARLY MY FAVORITE MOVIE PERIOD. I JUST WATCHED IT THE OTHER DAY WITH MY KIDS NOW THEY LOVE IT!!!! PLEASE DONT MESS IT UP. IF NIA AND LORENZ ARE NOT IN THE MOVIE LEAVE IT BE….. PLEASE!!!!! NO ONE CAN DO IT BETTER.
OMG!!! This is my favorite movie of all time. My best friend and I know it word for word. A sequel without Nia or Larenz… “THAT SH** IS FOR THE BIRDS”. We have constantly discussed a sequel because movies like that one don’t exist anymore, but I definitely would not support it without the original cast…Isaiah Washington, Lisa Nicole Carson, all of them. I’m tired of low-budget ghetto movies of black lust. Let’s get back to BLACK LOVE!!!!
Yeah Love Jones is a classic movie you don’t remake a beautiful classic like that. thats like saying there coming out with a Boyz in the Hood 2, some movies you make them and leave them for what they are classic movies.
I fell in love with this movie when I saw a preview of it. I was about 12 years old. My aunt had it on VHS and I watched it every single day faithfully. I watched it in my teens also faithfully. I’m 26 years old now. I could tell you that movie from beginning to the end. All my friends and family know that’s my favorite movie of all time; it’s a classic. I got super excited when I just saw there may be sequel, but as I read the interview Ms. Nia said that she and Mr. Larenz would not be in it, so I’m like WTF is the point of making the movie and it’s going straight to DVD that’s an insult!!!! That movie was fanstatic!! It’s about Black Love, you can not get any better than that. OMG words can not even describe how much I love this movie!!!!!
ay try to get me in the next movie if you can just call to 16623584505
They can make a sequel but they better use the original cast, it could be like where they are now type of thing, or like did nina and darius stay together type of thing…..IDK….if they don’t I swear to God, I will boycott…..NO JOKE
There should absolutely not be a sequel. Every time I watch it I always imagine that they stayed inlove and grew old together. Let me have that! If they make a sequel it will surely go strait to DVD. “LoveJones” is a beautiful movie Nia and Larenz, great job! Don’t let them touch it.
It wouldn’t be the same without the original cast. It was classic.
NO! The movie is a classic and any remake would have today’s crazy version of a love story and make the sequel cheesy and cheap. We just need to get Love Jones playing day in and day out on TV 1 or BET so that these younger kids can appreciate such a beautiful story… And on top of it, the soundtrack would be hard to beat! I was just listening to it today. Just don’t touch it!
I think all the original cast with a few others would be nice to keep the movie going because it was a classic. Everyone who saw that movie was like, how you gone just end the movie with them kissing in the rain. Does something else happens? I missed seeing the original cast after all these years. Please bring them back, ya dig?
I just had to add, if you want it be a sequel, then let it be another show like Soul food was on hbo but air it on BET please. That’s all she wrote.
i think a sequal with a new cast would be a disaster and an insult to movie lovers.
I watched that movie in a very crowded theater back in 1997 and when Larenz Tate recited his poem, I wanted to get naked. When Nia and Larenz first made love, I wanted to get naked. When he ran after her train, I yelled “maybe now you’ll stop smoking them damn cigarettes”. When they kissed in the rain, I wanted to get naked. The point I’m trying to make is ONLY classic movies can burn in a persons’ soul like that movie did mine, remaking without the original cast will be a huge mistake. Darius and Nina, Larenz and Nia are Love Jones so why mess with perfection? Oh yeah, did I mention the soundtrack, OMG, I still play that CD to this day. The soundtrack cannot be touched. JUST LIKE THE ORIGINAL MOVIE.!!!!
Can’t Touch This Classic Movie. Only Nia Long and Larenz Tate can be in a sequel of this movie. I really want to see how their lives have evolved since their sensual, romantic commitment at the end of the original movie. This is my all time favorite movie. No, ya’ll can’t touch this classic movie.