With the New Jack City: Special Edition DVD flying off shelves, a buzz is currently building about a sequel starring Wesley Snipes and Ice-T.

Negotiations for a New Jack sequel have yet to begin, but word is Snipes, who played drug lord Nino Brown in the movie, said he would be willing to reprise his role.

Meanwhile, Ice-T revealed to MTV that a sequel was supposed to be filmed shortly after the release of the first movie back in 1991. According to Ice, Nino Brown survived getting shot in the chest at the end of the movie. The follow-up flick was to start with the drug lord in intensive care.

Apparently, the movie was never made partly due to the controversy surrounding Ice-T at the time. Ice says that Warner Bros. opted to can the sequel when he attracted negative attention with his inflammatory record, "Cop Killer." Apparently he intends on breaking the bank if he does accept to star in the sequel.

Over ten years after it's theatrical release, the original New Jack City was released as a two-disc special DVD this past August. The film also starred Chris Rock, Judd Nelson and New Jack's director Mario Van Peebles. The movie's original soundtrack featured cuts by Ice-T, Queen Latifah and 2 Live Crew, among others.

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