{"id":32679,"date":"2025-12-14T16:00:04","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T21:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=32679"},"modified":"2025-12-20T22:47:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T03:47:07","slug":"lakeith-stanfield-to-play-dennis-rodman-in-lionsgates-48-hours-in-vegas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=32679","title":{"rendered":"LaKeith Stanfield To Play Dennis Rodman in Lionsgate&#8217;s &#8217;48 Hours in Vegas&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>Photo by Oliver Upton &#8211; \u00a9 2022, FX Networks. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\r\n<p>According to Lionsgate, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm3147751\/\">LaKeith Stanfield<\/a> has been selected to replace <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm3147751\/\">Jonathan Majors<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0266622\/\">Rick Famuyiwa<\/a>\u2019s upcoming film <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt15376744\/\"><em><strong>48 Hours in Vegas<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, playing the role of Dennis Rodman during the NBA Finals. Majors had originally been cast as Rodman, but was dropped after his conviction on two misdemeanor charges of assault and harassment.<br \/><br \/>Stanfield\u2019s extensive credits include roles in <em><strong>Atlanta<\/strong><\/em>, <em><strong>Get Out<\/strong><\/em>, <em><strong>BoJack Horseman<\/strong><\/em>, <em><strong>Uncut Gems<\/strong><\/em>,\u00a0<em><strong>Knives Out<\/strong><\/em>, <em><strong>Selma<\/strong><\/em>, <em><strong>Sorry to Bother You<\/strong><\/em>, and <em><strong>Haunted Mansion<\/strong><\/em>. He was nominated for an Oscar for his performance in 2021\u2019s <em><strong>Judas and the Black Messiah<\/strong><\/em>.<br \/><br \/>In announcing the casting, Lionsgate\u2019s president Erin Westerman said\u00a8that \u201dDennis Rodman is more than a basketball player, more than a personality\u2014he\u2019s an entire cultural phenomenon. His bold style and physical presence, combined with an iconic persona, created a larger-than-life impact on and off the court. There\u2019ll never be another like him. LaKeith and the incredibly talented team on this film will bring the legend to life in this most extraordinarily unbelievable story.\u201d<br \/><br \/>In a statement announcing his selection, Stanfield said: \u201cI\u2019m genuinely excited to help create an exhilarating, joyful work that both honors and thoughtfully examines the legacy of Rodman and fellow trailblazers&#8211;those who moved to the beat of their own drum, undeterred by the obstacles placed before them, then and now.&#8221;<br \/><br \/>After his conviction, Majors also was booted from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, where he had appeared in <em><strong>Loki<\/strong> <\/em>and in <em><strong>Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 But he was recently seen in <em><strong>Magazine Dreams<\/strong><\/em>, which was filmed before his legal troubles. He is set to appear next in <em><strong>Merciless<\/strong><\/em>, a thriller directed by Martin Villeneuve.<\/p>\r\n<p>The Nigerian-American Famuyiwa, who co-wrote the script for <em><strong>48 Hours in Vegas<\/strong><\/em> with Jordan VanDine, had earlier directed six episodes of <em><strong>The Mandolorian,<\/strong> <\/em>serving as executive producer for\u00a0 the third season. His other film credits include <em><strong>The W<\/strong><\/em><em><strong>ood<\/strong><\/em>, <em><strong>Dope<\/strong><\/em>, <em><strong>Brown Sugar<\/strong><\/em>, and <em><strong>Talk To Me<\/strong><\/em>.<br \/><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/author\/edward-moran\/\">Check out more articles by Edward.\u00a0<\/a><br \/><br \/><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo by Oliver Upton &#8211; \u00a9 2022, FX Networks. All Rights Reserved. According to Lionsgate, LaKeith Stanfield has been selected to replace Jonathan Majors in Rick Famuyiwa\u2019s upcoming film 48 Hours in Vegas, playing the role of Dennis Rodman during the NBA Finals. Majors had originally been cast as Rodman, but was dropped after his&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":32717,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[29198,29200,29203,29199,5721,474,29201,29202],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>LaKeith Stanfield To Play Dennis Rodman in Lionsgate&#039;s &#039;48 Hours in Vegas&#039;<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"LaKeith Stanfield has been selected to replace Jonathan Majors in Rick Famuyiwa\u2019s upcoming film 48 Hours in Vegas, playing the role of Dennis Rodman during the NBA Final.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=32679\" 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