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Reigning NBA MVP LeBron James will play himself in an upcoming comedy called “Fantasy Basketball Camp” from Universal Pictures.

The movie will focus on a fantasy basketball camp for adults, run by King James.

According to Variety:

Pic is a comedy about five guys from different backgrounds who come to Vegas to live out their fantasy by attending the LeBron James Adult Basketball Camp. While it should be enough that these dreamers get to breathe the same oxygen as their hero, the campers drag James into their various life issues, ranging from serious to idiotic.

Brian Grazer, the producer behind “American Gangster,” “8 Mile,” and “Friday Night Lights,” is heading the project. Grazer and his son couldn’t wait to meet LeBron.

“I initially sought LeBron out because my 8-year-old son, Thomas, and I were just dying to meet him, but I felt that beyond being one of the world’s great superstar athletes, here was someone so relaxed and comfortable with himself that he would have the capability to be that way onscreen,” Grazer said. “Later, when I watched him host ‘Saturday Night Live,’ and saw his advertising work, it was clear he can do this.”

“Fantasy Basketball Camp” will be LeBron’s debut feature film, but he also stars in the upcoming documentary “More Than a Game” which focuses on his experiences in high school in Akron, Ohio.

Production is scheduled to begin next summer, in the midst of the now-infamous 2010 free agency period.

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