Variety’s freakin’ subscription model means that you have to sit through a short ad to get to the story, but the idea of Ice Cube playing Mr. Kotter is totally worth that minor inconvenience. For some reason, this concept has some intangibly cool appeal to it. Almost as awesome as the simple fact that a dude with the name “Ice Cube” has managed to become a power player in Hollywood.

Dimension Films has completed a deal to turn the ABC series “Welcome Back, Kotter” into a feature film, with Ice Cube producing and playing the title character. Tom Brady (”The Hot Chick”) is finalizing a deal to write the script and direct. The hope is to shoot in the fall.

Cube, a product of the inner city, sparked to a project that allowed him a return to the ‘hood.

“There was no bigger fan of the original show than me, and I’m very excited to be able to put a new twist on it,” Cube said. He is preparing to topline the Steve Carr-directed Revolution Studios comedy “Are We Done Yet?” That comedy began as a remake of “Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House” but has evolved into a sequel to the hit “Are We There Yet?”

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