S💛pike Lee’s next project has been confirmed – and it’s a movie musical about the origins of Viagra, Pfizer’s erectile dysfunction drug.
The movie is based on All Rise: The Untold Story of the Guys Who Lau♕nched Viagra, an Esquire article by David Kushner who’s on board as an executive producer. Lee wrote the currently untitled script with British playwright and director Kwame Kwei-Armah. It will feature original songs and music by Stew Stewart and Heidi Rodewald, the duo behind the Tony-winning musical Passing Strange.
, Lee thanked his mother for introducing him to musicals as a kid. He said: “First And Foremost, I Thank Ms. Jacquelyn Shelton Lee. I Thank My Late Mother For As She Would Say Taking “My Narrow, Rusty Behind” Dragging, Kickin’ And Screamin’ To The Movies When I Wuz A Nappy Headed Kid Growing Up In Da Streets Of Da People’s Republic Of Brooklyn.“Me Being The Eldest Of 5 Children I Became Mommy’s Movie Date. She Was A Cinefile. Thank You Lawdy She Didn’t Listen To My Ongoing Complaints About Musicals. So Finally Going Into My 4th Decade As A Filmmaker I Will Be Directing An DANCIN’, ALL SINGIN&rs𝓰quo; MUSICAL Spike Lee Joint And I Can’t Wait. My Moms Has Been Waiting TOO!!!”
Lee has dabbled in the world of musicals before – he recently directed David Byrne’s American Utopia, the movie version of the former Talking Heads frontman’s hit Broadway show. His other recent work includes the Netflix war drama 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Da 5 Bloods, starring 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Lovecraft Country’s Jonathan Majors, and 2018’s Oscar-winning 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:BlacKkKlansman.
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