Netflix teams with Spike Lee for “She's Gotta Have It” seriesSeptember 19, 2016 - 15:03 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Netflix is now in the Spike Lee business. The streamer has greenlighted a new series based on the filmmaker's 1986 indie film She's Gotta Have It, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Similar to the premise of the film, the show centers on Nola Darling, a Brooklyn-based artist in her late 20s struggling to define herself and divide her time among her friends, her job and her three lovers: the cultured model, Greer Childs; the protective investment banker, Jamie Overstreet; and da original b-boy sneakerhead, Mars Blackmon. Lee, who created the series, will direct all episodes and executive produce with his wife, producer Tonya Lewis Lee. Netflix will produce the show, which was originally in development at Showtime in 2014. The first season will run for 10 episodes. Lee famously paved the way for African-American independent filmmakers when She's Gotta Have It, shot in just 12 days, went on to gross more than $7 million at the box office. The film earned Lee an Independent Spirit Award for best first feature, a Los Angeles Film Critics Association New Generation Award and an Award of the Youth from the Cannes Film Festival. The series pickup comes a month after She's Gotta Have It celebrated its 30th anniversary. The film starred Tracy Camilla Johns as a young, sexually independent woman living in Brooklyn who juggles three suitors (Tommy Redmond Hicks, John Canada Terrell and Lee). She's Gotta Have It will mark Lee's first foray into series television. He joins a growing list of acclaimed filmmakers now headed to the small screen, including Woody Allen (Amazon's A Crisis in Six Scenes) and David O. Russell, who is shopping his first series with stars Robert De Niro and Julianne Moore attached. Lee's other TV work includes HBO mini When the Levees Broke, Jerrod Carmichael's HBO stand-up special Love at the Store and Spike Lee's Lil Joints for ESPN. Lee, whose film credits include Inside Man, Malcolm X and 25th Hour, is repped by ICM and attorneys Robert Strent and Larry Shire. TV adaptations of hit films continue to be a hot trend, with remakes of Lethal Weapon, The Exorcist, Training Day and Taken all scheduled to debut on the broadcast networks this upcoming season. Netflix's other TV remakes include Wet Hot American Summer: First Day at Camp and an adaptation of Dear White People. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation. Azerbaijan must respect human rights, Scholz tells Aliyev German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for greater respect for human rights in Azerbaijan. Armenia: Defense Ministry warns against involving army in political processes The Ministry’s statement came after a video surfaced online, showing soldiers joining the protests in Tavush. Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. |