--- description: For starters: he directs it instead of Judd Apatow title: LeBron James Already Has Some Brilliant Ideas for the 'Trainwreck' Sequel image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # LeBron James Already Has Some Brilliant Ideas for the _Trainwreck_ Sequel by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 14, 2015 5:14 PM CUT by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 14, 2015 5:14 PM CUT _Trainwreck_ isn’t even in theaters until Friday, but LeBron James — who appears in the film as himself — already has some big plans for the sequel. In this new video from Funny or Die, James cruises around his hometown of Akron, Ohio, with co-stars Amy Schumer (who also wrote the movie), Bill Hader and director Judd Apatow. He quickly initiates a conversation about what _Trainwreck 2_ could look like. His very first idea? Killing off Bill Hader’s character immediately. He also suggests shooting the film as one continuous shot, _Birdman_ style. Oh, James also plans to oust Apatow as director. Get ready. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3957429/trainwreck-sequel-amy-schumer-lebron-james/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3957429/trainwreck-sequel-amy-schumer-lebron-james/"},"headline":"LeBron James Already Has Some Brilliant Ideas for the Trainwreck Sequel","datePublished":"2015-07-14T17:14:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:22:06.425Z","description":"For starters: he directs it instead of Judd Apatow","url":"https://time.com/3957429/trainwreck-sequel-amy-schumer-lebron-james/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3957429/trainwreck-sequel-amy-schumer-lebron-james/","name":"LeBron James Already Has Some Brilliant Ideas for the Trainwreck Sequel"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Amy Schumer Talks Writing","description":"Amy Schumer Talks Writing","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/DeAmvmGf/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-07-15T21:55:34.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/DeAmvmGf.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3957429/trainwreck-sequel-amy-schumer-lebron-james/","duration":"PT1M14S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3957429/trainwreck-sequel-amy-schumer-lebron-james/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```