Spike Lee announces theatrical release for Red Hook Summer and a teaser trailer
Spike Lee in talks to direct remake of Asian cult classic thriller Oldboy
According to TwitchFilm, Spike Lee is currently in talks to direct the long-rumored Hollywood remake of Park Chan-Wook’s cult classic revenge thriller Oldboy. Development on the remake supposedly began in 2008 with word that Steven Spielberg and Will Smith were eyeing the project and now it appears to be finally moving ahead. Oldboy is set ….
New Directors New Films program introducing new crop of innovative directors
Inside Man movie production photos
Check out these photos from the movie Inside Man Director: Spike Lee Cast: Denzel Washington
Kobe Doin’ Work DVD review
While director Spike Lee’s love of the game of basketball is prominently on display in the “day-in-the-life” documentary Kobe Doin’ Work, the no-holds-barred access to L.A. Lakers’ superstar Kobe Bryant doesn’t have the depth nor heart of the acclaimed filmmaker’s other sports-related efforts, such as Jim Brown: All American or He Got Game. However, that ….
Spike Lee to attend audience Q&A for screening of his new indie film Passing Strange
Spike Lee’s astounding new film Passing Strange captures a great theatrical production, originally written by singer/songwriter Stew. Lee’s multi-camera coverage includes backstage scenes, and involves the audience in not only the story itself – the tale of a young black man, dissatisfied with his life in Los Angeles, who sets off for Europe in search ….
Spike Lee, Natalie Portman, Gael Garcia Bernal, Eric Bana and more to host free filmmaker series at Apple Store
The Apple store in Soho New York will be celebrating the spirit of independent film and the upcoming Tribeca Film Festival, by hosting a series of free filmmaking events from April 22 to May 3, 2009. Grab a seat in the store’s theater for the Meet the Filmmakers series, presented by Apple Computer and indieWIRE. ….
Do the Right Thing 20th Anniversary Edition coming to DVD and Blu-ray
In 1989, two-time Academy Award nominee and visionary filmmaker Spike Lee (Inside Man) mesmerized audiences with one of the most insightful and provocative films of its time – Do the Right Thing. Universal Studios Home Entertainment celebrates the 20th Anniversary of this provocative drama with an all-new special edition coming to Blu-ray Hi-Def and DVD ….
Kobe Bryant film makes jump to Tribeca Film Fest
Details about the 2009 Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival have been released. The ESPN Films production of Spike Lee’s Kobe Doin’ Work will have its world premiere at the fest, which runs from April 22 to May 3, 2009. The gala premiere will take place on Saturday, April 25, 2009. Kobe Doin’ Work takes an unprecedented ….
Watchmen screenwriter discusses Illustrated Man and Frankie Machine
Alex Tse – who wrote the screenplay for Watchmen – spoke exclusively with Collider.com about the upcoming adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s sci-fi classic The Illustrated Man, which Zack Snyder is also attached to helm, and the Michael Mann crime thriller Frankie Machine, based on the Don Winslow novel about a retired hitman lured back into ….
Miracle at St. Anna Blu-ray review
Touchstone Home Entertainment recently released Spike Lee’s acclaimed epic war film Miracle at St. Anna, which looks at the lives of four African American soldiers trapped behind enemy lines during World War II. ‘Miracle’ opens in the late 1980s, as aging New York postal clerk Hector Negron (Laz Alonso) pulls out a pistol and puts ….
Win one of three copies of Miracle at St. Anna on DVD
On February 10th 2009, Spike Lee’s acclaimed World War II drama Miracle at St. Anna, comes to DVD and Blu-ray Hi-Def, from Touchstone Home Entertainment. To celebrate the release, Touchstone has provided FilmFetish.com with three (3) copies of the DVD version of the film, and I’m giving them away to readers very soon. To get ….
Nokia-sponsored web film collaboration hinting at future of grassroots filmmaking?
I was contacted a few days ago with a request that Film Fetish play a prominent role in a Nokia-sponsored, Spike Lee-helmed film premiere that’s taking place in a few weeks. WOM World a Nokia-sponsored blog that covers what’s being said online about Nokia devices and projects Nokia gets involved with. With my affinity towards ….
Spike Lee talks Miracle at St. Anna
Spike Lee recently sat down with Jamaal Finkley of Blacktree TV, and discussed his new project, Miracle at St. Anna, along with his thoughts on the upcoming presidential election and his issues with Clint Eastwood’s Flags of our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima. I also happened to read a story on WENN News website ….
Same gang to return for Inside Man 2
According to The Hollywood Reporter, a sequel to Spike Lee’s Inside Man has been green-lit at Universal, with Terry George (Hotel Rwanda, The Boxer) in negotiations to write the screenplay and Lee returning to the director’s chair. The project is tentatively titled Inside Man 2, and picks up on the characters from a different storyline ….