Looks like Ice Cube is producing the upcoming Welcome Back Kotter movie… WTF?!?

Dimension Films has completed a deal to turn the ABC series “Welcome Back, Kotter” into a feature film, with Ice Cube producing and playing the title character. Tom Brady (“The Hot Chick”"The Hot Chick”) is finalizing a deal to write the script and direct. The hope is to shoot in the fall. Pic will be produced by Cube, his Cube VisionCube Vision partner Matt AlvarezMatt Alvarez and Andrew LazarAndrew Lazar. The rights to the series that ran from 1975-79 were controlled by the show’s creators, Gabe Kaplan and Alan Sacks. Kaplan originated the role Cube will play, a teacher who returns to his tough, inner-city alma mater, where he meets a new generation of underprivileged troublemakers who are as unmotivated as he used to be.