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Tuesday, November 18, 2008 | 11:25am
Spike Lee plotting an L.A. Riot Flick
May hit theaters before “Inside Man” sequal
Spike Lee producer Brian Grazer have announced that they are are planning on collaborating on a film that documents the 1992 Los Angeles riots. So how does a film document an event that happened almost 20 years ago you’re asking? Well according to Grazer, co-founder of Imagine Entertainment with Ron Howard, the film would be more of a “360 degree view of what that is, an autopsy of how a riot works.” He also tells ComingSoon.net that the film may be a priortiy for Spike and may beat his anticipated “Inside Man” sequel to the box office.
“‘Cause I grew up in Los Angeles, and I was six or seven miles from this riot,” said Grazer. “It was a fascination. It was threatening and a fascination, both. I’ve always wanted to make a war movie, I haven’t done that. The visuals of that would be interesting and this is a way of doing a war movie in a modern environment and one that I know really well.”
I don’t know if its Rodney King‘s re-emergence on Celebrity Rehab, Barack Obama’s historic run or some other external force but there has been a lot of attention recently paid to the L.A. riots for some reason. I would have to see more about how they plan on putting together the footage. I would imagine they would do a ton of interviews and use a lot of file footage but being so far removed from the event might be tricky. If anyone can do it though, Spike can.
ehh, he needs to answer our Dubai request