Spike Lee to head up Cannes jury in 2020

"Pinch me. This couldn’t have worked out better for this project," Byrne says.

Spike Lee has signed on to direct a film adaptation of David Byrne’s American Utopia, Deadline reports. The feature-length version of Byrne’s hit Broadway show is slated for a 2020 release, and will be executive produced by Participant alongside Byrne, Lee, and others. The film will be produced by Byrne’s Todomundo and Lee’s Forty Acres and a Mule Filmworks production companies, as well as RadicalMedia.

Spike Lee has signed on to direct a movie based on the Broadway show “David Byrne’s American Utopia” with Participant acting as lead financier and executive producer.

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Acclaimed director Spike Lee will serve as the president of the Cannes Film Festival’s 73rd jury, making him the first black person to do so. In a statement released by the organization, the filmmaker said that he “was shocked, happy, surprised and proud all at the same time.” 

Spike Lee has been named the head of this year's Cannes Film Festival jury, overseeing the official selection competition at the 73rd edition of the event.The 62-year-old American filmmaker has had a long and at times fraught relationship with Cannes.

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American director Spike Lee was named president of this year's Cannes film festival jury on Tuesday, becoming the first black head of the panel.

Director Spike Lee has been announced as President of the Jury for this year’s Cannes Film Festival.

By Andreas Wiseman

Director and activist Spike Lee will serve as jury president of the 73rd edition of the Cannes Film Festival. Lee succeeds Alejandro G. Iñárritu, whose 2019 jury awarded the Palme d’Or to Korean director Bong Joon-ho’s “Parasite,” which won a Golden Globe and was just nominated for six Oscars.

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