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Showtime Tokes on a Spike Lee Joint
Fri, Apr 25, 2003 05:17 PM PDT
LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - Spike Lee's 40 Acres and A Mule will produce the drama pilot "The Game" for Showtime, with shooting scheduled to begin in June.
The series will be executive produced by Lee and Sam Kitt ("Love & Basketball," "The Best Man" ). The duo recently executive produced "Good Fences," starring Danny Glover and Whoopi Goldberg, for Showtime. Lee will also direct the pilot for "The Game."
Scripted by Alex Tse, "The Game" focuses on a diverse group of characters involved in gang life in San Francisco. Among the central characters a Nick, a 19-year-old white kid who viewers his drug deals and credit card fraud as a chance to break into corporate America, Leon, second-in-command of the "V-Dub" gang and Lincoln a Chinese gang member who's double crossing crime boss Mr. Tsing.
Lee's other past television work includes "A Huey P. Newton Story," which premiered on Black Starz and Jim Brown: All American," which aired on HBO."
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