The filmmaker also reveals why he isn't happy with the Academy, whether he'd ever cast controversial NBA star LeBron James in a project and what he thinks about President Obama's chances of re-election.
by Marisa Guthrie
NEW YORK -- Spike Lee is not feeling the love from Hollywood’s money men. “I haven’t made a feature film in three years,” said Lee. Lee has lately focused on documentary work with two films about post-Katrina New Orleans for HBO. But he had designs on biopics about Jackie Robinson – the Brooklyn Dodgers slugger who broke baseball’s color line – and soul icon James Brown. And he was in discussions a while back for a sequel to thriller Inside Man, which starred Denzel Washington, Clive Owen and Jodie Foster. But he's been unable to secure financing...[continued]
