Spike Lee to Direct James Brown Movie: Report - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 12-27-2006, 01:03 PM

LOS ANGELES - Director Spike Lee has signed on to shoot a movie about James Brown, the late "Godfather of Soul," Daily Variety reported on Wednesday.
The authorized project is being developed for Viacom Inc.'s Paramount Pictures by Brian Grazer, the Oscar-winning producer of A Beautiful Mind , the trade publication said, adding that production would likely begin in 2008.

Brown, the self-proclaimed "hardest working man in show business," died of congestive heart failure on Monday, aged 73. The energetic singer of such soul anthems as "Sex Machine" and "I Feel Good," invented funk music, inspired the dance moves of Mick Jagger and Michael Jackson, and helped pave the way for hip-hop.

In recent years, posthumous movies about soul singer Ray Charles and country outlaw Johnny Cash have scored at the box office and won Academy Awards.

Daily Variety said Brown played an active role in the project's development, and granted access to his music rights.

"Like everybody, I was surprised and saddened that James Brown died," Daily Variety quoted Grazer as saying. "Having known him well, and after spending lots of time with him and researching his life, it's somehow not surprising that he died on Christmas Day. He was the ultimate showman, all the way to the end."

Lee, the director of Malcolm X, was most recently in theaters with the thriller Inside Man, which Grazer produced.

felicitylen · 12-28-2006, 03:18 AM

I think that's great. I'm sure he'll do a good job. I think the biggest concern should be is who will play James Brown?

GARFIELDKOOL · 12-30-2006, 06:11 PM

This ought to be good. Espcially if Spike Lee directed it. It will have that cultural feel to it.

moeee · 12-31-2006, 03:51 AM

This is good news. I wonder who will play as Mr. Brown? Eddie Murphy?

Cactus Jack · 12-31-2006, 11:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by moeee

This is good news. I wonder who will play as Mr. Brown? Eddie Murphy?

I hope! LOL

I hope it;s not Usher UGH

isiahthomas · 01-27-2007, 02:35 PM

Brian why are you posting about Spike Lee? You don't like Spike Lee. Eddie Murphy would do a good job playing James Brown in a movie. He did a good James impersonation on Saturday Night Live. I wanna get in the hot tub LOL. Wanna jump back and kiss myself in the hot tub LOL. Eddie had me rolling.

12-27-2006, 01:03 PM	#1
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	Spike Lee to Direct James Brown Movie: Report LOS ANGELES - Director Spike Lee has signed on to shoot a movie about James Brown, the late "Godfather of Soul," Daily Variety reported on Wednesday. The authorized project is being developed for Viacom Inc.'s Paramount Pictures by Brian Grazer, the Oscar-winning producer of A Beautiful Mind , the trade publication said, adding that production would likely begin in 2008. Brown, the self-proclaimed "hardest working man in show business," died of congestive heart failure on Monday, aged 73. The energetic singer of such soul anthems as "Sex Machine" and "I Feel Good," invented funk music, inspired the dance moves of Mick Jagger and Michael Jackson, and helped pave the way for hip-hop. In recent years, posthumous movies about soul singer Ray Charles and country outlaw Johnny Cash have scored at the box office and won Academy Awards. Daily Variety said Brown played an active role in the project's development, and granted access to his music rights. "Like everybody, I was surprised and saddened that James Brown died," Daily Variety quoted Grazer as saying. "Having known him well, and after spending lots of time with him and researching his life, it's somehow not surprising that he died on Christmas Day. He was the ultimate showman, all the way to the end." Lee, the director of Malcolm X, was most recently in theaters with the thriller Inside Man, which Grazer produced.
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12-28-2006, 03:18 AM	#2
felicitylen Keep Austin WEIRD Senior Member Join Date: Apr 17, 2003 Location: Hook 'em Horns Posts: 1,606	I think that's great. I'm sure he'll do a good job. I think the biggest concern should be is who will play James Brown?

12-30-2006, 06:11 PM	#3
GARFIELDKOOL Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Sep 02, 2004 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 7,204	This ought to be good. Espcially if Spike Lee directed it. It will have that cultural feel to it.

12-31-2006, 03:51 AM	#4
moeee Peanut Butter Ice Cream Pie Forum Legend Join Date: Jul 31, 2003 Posts: 40,094	This is good news. I wonder who will play as Mr. Brown? Eddie Murphy?

01-27-2007, 02:35 PM	#6
isiahthomas Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Aug 20, 2002 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 10,704	Brian why are you posting about Spike Lee? You don't like Spike Lee. Eddie Murphy would do a good job playing James Brown in a movie. He did a good James impersonation on Saturday Night Live. I wanna get in the hot tub LOL. Wanna jump back and kiss myself in the hot tub LOL. Eddie had me rolling.