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Spike Lee Takes on Romeo & Juliet Hip-Hop Adaptation Prince of Cats

Spike Lee has climbed aboard another adaptation, a hip-hop inspired graphic novel called Prince of Cats.

Nov 14, 2019

Spike Lee's See You Yesterday Trailer Puts Time Travel Twist on Black Lives Matter

Producer Spike Lee offers a very unique and politically-charged twist on the time travel genre in the first trailer for See You Yesterday.

Apr 22, 2019

Trump Calls Out Spike Lee's Oscars Speech as a Racist Hit on the President

President Donald Trump is not happy about Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman Academy Award acceptance speech.

Feb 25, 2019

Green Book Best Picture Oscar Win Causes Backlash & Outrage

The Peter Farrelly-directed Green Book also took home Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor, with Spike Lee the most hurt over the win.

Feb 25, 2019

Chadwick Boseman Takes on Spike Lee's Da 5 Bloods at Netflix

Spike Lee has set his follow up to BlacKkKlansman with the Vietnam war vet movie Da 5 Bloods, which will begin shooting very soon.

Feb 13, 2019

Spike Lee Promises Do the Right Thing Will Never Get a Sequel, Prequel or Remake

Spike Lee has no interest in making a sequel or prequel to Do the Right Thing, but does have an idea of another project that he'd like to revisit.

Dec 17, 2018

BlacKkKlansman Review: Spike Lee's Latest Is Bold, Insightful, & Absurd

Spike Lee delivers a distinct cinema experience with BlacKkKlansman that is provocative and thoughtful.

Jul 27, 2018

Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman Trailer Infiltrates the KKK

Focus Features has released the first trailer for director Spike Lee's latest movie BlacKkKlansman, starring Adam Driver and John David Washington.

May 14, 2018

First Look at Adam Driver in Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman

Focus Features has released the first photo and synopsis for Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman featuring Adam Driver and John David Washington.

Apr 30, 2018

Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman Gets a Late Summer 2018 Release Date

Spike Lee tells the provocative story of a Colorado Springs police officer who went undercover to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan in BlacKkKlansman.

Apr 10, 2018

Spider-Man Spin-Off Nightwatch Teams Spike Lee & Luke Cage Writer

Luke Cage writer, producer and show runner Cheo Hodari Coker joins director Spike Lee for Sony's superhero spin-off Nightwatch.

Mar 13, 2018

All-White Ballot Causes Spike Lee & More to Boycott Oscars

Director Spike Lee and actress Jada Pinkett Smith announced they are boycotting this year's Oscars over their 'all-white ballot.'

Jan 18, 2016

New Oldboy Poster

Find the truth and make it hurt. Josh Brolin is Oldboy, in theaters soon.

Nov 21, 2013

New Oldboy TV Spot and Clip

It's a last call for alcohol as Joe Doucett comes face-to-face with his captor. Josh Brolin and Sharlto Copley star in this Spike Lee action thriller.

Nov 6, 2013

Spike Lee in Talks to Direct Justin Timberlake in Spinning Gold

The biopic centers on the life of Casablanca Records founder Neil Bogart. Before his death in 1982, he discovered KISS and Gladys Knight.

Oct 31, 2013

Oldboy Set Visit: Josh Brolin and Director Spike Lee Reinvent a Classic

Go behind-the-scenes of this bloody action thriller. Revenge is coming, November 27th.

Oct 22, 2013

Oldboy '20 Years in Captivity' Posters

20 years were ripped away from Joe Doucett. Find out what he missed in that span of time, from the launch of Facebook to the Obama Presidency.

Oct 9, 2013

Josh Brolin Brings the Hammer in New Oldboy Poster

'Ask not why you were imprisoned, ask why you were set free.' Director Spike Lee puts a new spin on this classic thriller.

Sep 20, 2013

Oldboy Banner

Josh Brolin is visibly upset over being held captive for the past twenty years in this latest look at Spike Lee's thriller.

Sep 16, 2013

Oldboy Spike Lee Video Interview and New Photos

The director talks about working with Samuel L. Jackson and his unique hairstyle in this upcoming remake, in theaters November 27th.

Aug 21, 2013

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About Spike Lee

Spike Lee was born Shelton Lee in 1957 in Atlanta Georgia At a very young age he moved from pre civil rights Georgia to Brooklyn New York Lee came from a proud and intelligent background His father was a jazz musician and his mother a school teacher His mother dubbed him Spike due to his tough nature He attended school in Morehouse College in Atlanta and developed his film making skills at Clark Atlanta University After graduating he went to the Tisch School of Arts graduate film program He made a controversial short The Answer 1980 a reworking of D W Griffith s The Birth of a Nation 1915 a ten minute film Lee went on to produce a 45 minute film Joe s Bed Stuy Barbershop We Cut Heads 1983 which won a student academy award Lee s next film The Messenger in 1984 was somewhat biographical In 1986 Spike Lee made the film She s Gotta Have It 1986 a comedy about sexual relationships The movie was made for 175 000 dollars and made seven million Since then Lee has become a well known intelligent and talented film maker His next movie was School Daze 1988 which was set in a historically black school and focused mostly on the conflict between the school and the Fraternities of which he was a strong critic portraying them as materialistic irresponsible and uncaring Lee went on to do his landmark film Do the Right Thing 1989 a movie specifically about his own town in Brooklyn New York The movie portrayed a neighborhood on a very hot day and the racial tensions that emerge The movie garnered an Oscar nomination for Danny Aiello for supporting actor It also sparked a debate on racial relations Lee went on to produce the jazz biopic Mo Better Blues 1990 which showed his talent for directing and acting and was the first of many Spike Lee films to feature Denzel Washington His next film Jungle Fever 1991 was about interracial dating Lee s handling of the subject proved yet again highly controversial Lee s next film was the self titled biography of Malcolm X 1992 which had Denzel Washington portraying the civil rights leader The movie was a success and resulted in an Oscar nomination for Washington His next films were the comparatively light Crooklyn 1994 and the intense crime drama Clockers 1995 In 1996 Lee directed two movies the badly received comedy Girl 6 1996 and the politically pointed Get on the Bus 1996 about a group of men going to the Million Man March His next film He Got Game 1998 proved to be another excursion into the collegiate world as he shows the darker side of recruiting college athletes The movie in limited release yet again featured Denzel Washington In 2000 came Bamboozled which made a mockery out of television and the way African Americans are perceived by white America and the way African Americans perceive themselves The movie however was a resounding critical success Lee also has produced films like New Jersey Drive 1995 Tales from the Hood 1995 and Drop Squad 1994 He also has produced and or directed movies about Huey P Newton Jim Brown and has commented in many documentaries about varied subjects With pointed political messages insightful different and intelligent films Spike Lee has become a well known political presence He looks likely to have further success in the film business Lee is an obsessive New York Knicks fan He and his wife Tonya Lewis Lee have two children