Comments on: Spike Lee Insists James Brown Biopic With Wesley Snipes Will Move Forward

By: One Note Pony

One Note Pony — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 04:04:00 +0000

What exactly qualifies Wesley for this honor? He is about to spend the next three years of his life in the state pen reenacting Jungle Fever with sweaty inmates, his last 5 films went straight to DVD, and he isn’t even going to be lending his singing voice to the movie! Was Bobby Brown not available?

http://www.onenotepony.com/2009/01/28/what-would-james-brown-think/

By: gabetoro

gabetoro — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 03:47:00 +0000

Except that, with a minimum of the “commentary” that people abhor, “Inside Man” was a huge hit. I do think Spike’s getting a raw deal, though.

By: stephen

stephen — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:43:00 +0000

One has to wonder if it’s the idea of the biopics that aren’t marketable or the idea of Spike Lee doing the biopics that’s unmarketable. I’d guess the studios would love to see another Ray or Walk the Line, but they’d prefer a safe director who wouldn’t put in any social or political commentary.