LeBron James & Kevin Hart team up as brothers in basketball comedy movie 'Ballers'

Comedic actor Kevin Hart has always surrounded himself with the biggest celebrity names in sports, so his friendship with LeBron James comes as no surprise. But Hart is ready to take this relationship to the professional level and considering the comedian is just over 5 feet tall, we're talking about the film industry. Hart and James will portray brothers in an upcoming comedy about living in the shadow of a professional basketball-playing sibling. Can you guess which star plays what character?

Deadline broke this story. Here is a synopsis of the project:

Hart will first co-write the comedy along with his scripting teammates Joey Wells, Chris Spencer and Harry Ratchford. He'll then star as a man who lives in the shadow of his NBA superstar brother (James), but gets a chance to prove himself when he and some pals attend a weekend fantasy basketball camp in Miami.  Hart is certainly dominant in the stand-up arena, but posting up against this screen sibling could be dangerous. Hart is under 5'3″ while James is a towering 6'8." That kind of sibling size differential hasn't been seen since Danny DeVito and Arnold Schwarzenegger starred in another Universal comedy, Twins. They'll sign a director when Hart and his cohorts turn in the script. The plan is to start production next summer when James has time off.

This Deadline report and numerous other are drawing comparisons to Twins, so is this some sort of reboot? Either way, it will be interesting to see how LeBron handles this acting gig!