LEBRON JAMES and Maverick Carter are teaming with Channing Tatum’s Free Association on the New Line comedy “Public Enemy.”

Owning SpringHill Entertainment, James and Carter will produce the film, which was sold off a pitch and is described as a subversive action comedy that looks at the speed of media in the current landscape. Up-and-coming writer Lucas Carter is penning the screenplay.

The project comes on the heels of James’ Warner Bros.-based move to produce a “House Party” reboot for New Line, with “Atlanta” writers Stephen Glover and Jamal Olori penning the screenplay.

James and Carter are producing “Public Enemy,” while SpringHill’s Spencer Beighley and Jamal Henderson are overseeing for SpringHill. Michael Parets and Andrew Schneider are shepherding the project for Free Association.

Free Association, which is run by Tatum, Reid Carolin and Peter Kiernan, most recently produced Steven Soderbergh’s “Logan Lucky” as well as the Amazon series “Comrade Detective.” The company’s credits also include the “22 Jump Street” and “Magic Mike” franchises. Free Association is currently producing “Magic Mike Live Las Vegas” at the Hard Rock Hotel there.

SpringHill’s growing slate includes NBC’s primetime game show “The Wall,” an upcoming Antoine Fuqua-helmed HBO documentary on Muhammad Ali, a scripted drama series on Madam C.J. Walker with Octavia Spencer for Netflix and drama series “Top Boy” with Drake and Adel “Future” Nur (also for Netflix). Other upcoming films include “Hustle” for Legendary.

Carter previously sold “The Gun Show” to Paramount, with Michael Bay producing. He is writing, creating and executive producing his first series, “The Paperhanger,” at ABC Signature, based on the acclaimed William Gay short story, with Ben Younger attached to direct. (SD-Agencies)