The Hollywood Reporter reports that Eddie Murphy is set to play former Washington, DC mayor Marion Barry. HBO Films is developing the as yet untitled television biopic. Spike Lee will be at the helm while John Ridley is attached to write the script. Murphy, Lee and Ridley are also set as executive producers of the […]
HBO has ordered the pilot for “Da Brick,” a boxing drama loosely based on former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson’s early life in the ring. As previously reported, the project hails from Tyson, along with Spike Lee, and “Entourage” creator Doug Ellin. Lee is set to direct. It will be set in Newark, N.J., a.k.a. […]
September is around the corner which can mean only one thing: back to school. Whether you’re heading to university or preparing a loved one for their…
Like a fine wine, great movies only get better with age. Spike Lee’s film She’s Gotta Have It is certainly no exception. Debuting in 1986,…
Spike Lee has entered talks to work on a remake of Korean drama “Oldboy”, about a man who is kidnapped for 15 years before being released without explanation. Spike Lee, 54, famous for his movies about race relations and the role of media in modern-day life, is in talks for a new version of the […]
Director Spike Lee sat down with journalist Charlie Rose for a Q&A session at PromaxBDA (an annual marketing, branding and design conference) in NYC. Spike was at the the conference to receive the organization’s lifetime achievement award for his work in film and television, in particular his series of Nike commericals featuring Michael Jordan. Lee […]
Mike Tyson has teamed-up with filmmaker Spike Lee to produce a TV drama loosely based on his early boxing life. The former boxing champion, who has moved into showbusiness in recent years with roles in ‘The Hangover’ and its sequel, has created a new TV show called ‘Da Brick’, which focuses on the experiences of […]
Spike Lee has never been one to shy away from controversy. In the 1988 film School Daze, Lee gives a semi-autobiographical account of his experience attending Morehouse College, the historically all male black institution in Atlanta, Georgia. With a satirical eye, Lee explored hot-button topics such as colorism, misogyny, class divisions and apartheid. While School Daze […]
BALTIMORE — The Library of Congress has selected Spike Lee’s 1992 biopic about Malcolm X and a 1959 film dramatization of a discussion between blacks and whites about jazz are among the images that will be preserved as part of its National Film Registry. The 25 films selected this year include “Malcolm X,” which starred […]
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52 years ago Michael Jackson was born in Gary, Indiana but today the late King of Pop was a native New Yorker.
