10 hours ago · Uncle Drew, NBA star Kyrie Irving's basketball comedy from 2018, is now trending on Netflix more than a decade after its titular protagonist debuted during a Pepsi commercial.Irving, who made his feature film debut in Uncle Drew, is much better known for his skills on the basketball court than as a leading actor in Hollywood.Irving, 32, is a 9-time NBA All-Star, the 2012 NBA Rookie of the Year ...

Uncle Drew is a 2018 American sports comedy film directed by Charles Stone III and written by Jay Longino. It stars Kyrie Irving as the title character from his Pepsi Max advertisements that began airing in 2012, along with former NBA players Shaquille O'Neal, Chris Webber, Reggie Miller, and Nate Robinson, as well as former WNBA player Lisa Leslie. Lil Rel Howery, Erica Ash, J. B. Smoove ...

The original “Uncle Drew” advert was such a hit that Pepsi went on to produce three more promotional shorts featuring both Kyrie Irving’s character and a whole host of fellow basketball ...

Uncle Drew: Directed by Charles Stone III. With Kyrie Irving, Lil Rel Howery, Shaquille O'Neal, Chris Webber. An anti-ageist comedy about a man's dream to win the Rucker Classic street ball tournament in Harlem.

Jun 3, 2024 · Kyrie Irving and all about his alter ego, Uncle Drew. How the Dallas superstar turned a simple ad into a $46 million blockbuster!

Jul 3, 2018 · Uncle Drew was born when the people at Pepsi realized that the then-19-year-old rookie Kyrie Irving, who had recently been taken by the Cleveland Cavaliers with the first pick in the 2011 NBA...

Jun 28, 2018 · Kyrie Irving explaines the the thought process behind turning his 'Uncle Drew' character into a full-fledged movie.

Jan 28, 2025 · Uncle Drew is a 2018 American sports comedy film directed by Charles Stone III and written by Jay Longino. It stars Kyrie Irving as the title character from his Pepsi Max advertisements that began airing in 2012, along with former NBA players Shaquille O'Neal , Chris Webber , Reggie Miller , and Nate Robinson , as well as former WNBA player ...

Feb 22, 2018 · Kyrie Irving tells us what it was like filming 'Uncle Drew' during "one of the craziest summers of [his] life."

Jun 25, 2018 · The film is a spinoff of a Pepsi Max ad that aired in 2012 with Irving donning old-man makeup to play the hoops-shooting senior citizen, Uncle Drew. The septuagenarian, who used to be a...