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View all search resultsirector Spike Lee, best known for making movies about the experience of being Black in America, is switching course with his first ever musical - on the subject of Viagra.
Lee will direct the as-yet-untitled film from a screenplay he has co-written about the discovery and launch of the erectile dysfunction drug. It is based on a 2018 article in Esquire magazine called "All Rise", producers said on Tuesday.
Original songs and music will be written by the duo behind the 2008 Tony-award winning rock musical Passing Strange, about a Black artist's journey of self discovery.
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The 63-year-old Brooklyn native said in a statement that he had grown up hating musicals despite the efforts of his mother. "Finally Going Into My 4th Decade As A Filmmaker I Will Be Directing A DANCIN’, ALL SINGIN’ MUSICAL," he added.
Pfizer Inc's Viagra, first marketed in 1998, was originally developed as a potential treatment for heart-related chest pain.
Lee won his first Oscar in 2019 for the screenplay of Ku Klux Klan satire BlacKkKlansman. His more than 50 movies and documentaries include classics such as Do the Right Thing, Malcolm X and this year's Vietnam War survivor drama Da 5 Bloods.
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