This was the last film in which both Bernie Mac and Isaac Hayes starred in before their passing, so I suspect that it will have pretty good numbers at the box office when it’s released.

Release Date: November 7, 2008

Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Bernie Mac, Sharon Leal, Affion Crockett, P.J. Byrne, Jennifer Coolidge, Sean Hayes, Isaac Hayes, John Legend, Adam Herschman, Fatso Fasano, Jackie Long

Synopsis: The two remaining members of the popular soul band, The Real Deal, from the 1970′s, Floyd Henderson, now a retired businessman, and ne’er-do-well, ex-convict, Louis Hinds, take a road trip to the Apollo Theater for a musical tribute to their recently deceased front man, Marcus Hook. As they travel cross country in a series of adventures and misdventures, they air old grievances about thirty year old betrayals and learn the music’s still in them.

Bernard Jeffrey McCullough aka Bernie Mac
October 5, 1957 – August 9, 2008

Isaac Lee Hayes, Jr.
August 20, 1942 – August 10, 2008

There must be plenty of laughing and singing going on in heaven this weekend. We lost two greats within a day of each other. Comedian/actor Bernie Mac died on Saturday, August 9, 2008, from complications due to pneumonia.

And legendary singer/musician/songwriter/arranger/producer Isaac Hayes passed on Sunday, August 10, 2008. Isaac was found lying unconscious next to his treadmill, which was still running. He suffered a simultaneous heart attack and stroke.