In late June, Netflix released a short teaser for Spike Lee’s She’s Gotta Have It series, which is an adaptation of the 1986 film. At first glance, despite the clip being only 15 seconds, it looks like a winner. Spike Lee direction (striking and provocative imagery in both black and white and color) at its finest:
A week later, the streaming giant has released a much longer sneak peek (it’s not a complete season trailer), which introduces us to Nola Darling (played by DeWanda Wise)’s three romantic interests. Sticking to the film’s storyline, they include Greer Childs (Cleo Anthony), Jamie Overstreet (Lyriq Bent) and Mars Blackmon (Anthony Ramos). In the sneak peek, we watch them interact in a way that feels more like a screen test than a clip meant to get people excited about what is to come:
As a big She’s Gotta Have It fan and Spike Lee joint lover, I’m just going to be honest. As far as sneak peeks go, the acting in this compilation feels a bit forced, particularly in the scenes with Greer and Mars. That has, for some reason, been the case with the last few projects (i.e., Da Sweet Blood of Jesus and Red Hook Summer). Still, that doesn’t mean that the show won’t impress. One minute and 15 seconds of footage is much different than 30-minute episodes, so we’ll see.
As for the project as a whole, the decision to turn the film into a show actually came from the mind of Spike Lee’s wife, Tonya, who serves as executive producer of the project.
“It Was My Wife, Tonya Lewis Lee, Producer In Her Own Right, Who Had The Vision To Take My Film From The Big Screen And Turn It Into An Episodic Series,” Lee said in 2016 after the 30th anniversary of his first feature film. “It Had Not Occurred To Me At All. Tonya Saw It Plain As Day. I Didn’t.”
The 10-episode series, shot in Brooklyn, will debut on Netflix on Thanksgiving. Check out the sneak peek, as well as the cool official official poster below, and let us know what you think.
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