Cleveland Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving will star in a movie that will turn his Pepsi commercial character "Uncle Drew" into a full-length feature film, a company official confirmed Thursday.
"Pepsi and Kyrie Irving are looking forward to expanding the Uncle Drew universe," said Lou Arbetter, who is general manager of Creators League Studios, Pepsi's new in-house production company, in a statement.
News of the film being in the works was first reported last week by Variety, who quoted writer Jay Longino saying that the goal is to work in a bevy of NBA stars into the movie.