Ice Cube Will No Longer Star in Sony’s ‘Oh Hell No’ After Declining Covid Vaccine — Report

Actor and rapper Ice Cube has parted ways with Sony’s upcoming comedy “Oh Hell No” after he declined a request from the film’s producers to get vaccinated for Covid-19.

The Hollywood Reporter first revealed the news.

IndieWire has reached out to Ice Cube’s representatives for comment.The comedy is directed by Kitao Sakurai (“Bad Trip”), and also stars Jack Black, who serves as a producer on the film alongside Roz Music and Matt Tolmach (“Venom: Let There Be Carnage”).

The synopsis per Deadline says the story “follows Sherman (Black), who falls in love with Will’s (Cube) mom, who has only one thing to say about that: ‘Oh hell no.’” Scot Armstrong, Tracy Oliver, Jessica Gao, and Rodney Rothman wrote the script.The project was first announced in June of this year.

Sony was eyeing a shoot date sometime this winter in Hawaii with Sakurai, who,

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