'She's Gotta Have It' Teaser: Spike Lee Adapts His Debut Film For A Netflix Series

‘She’s Gotta Have It’ Teaser: Spike Lee Adapts His Debut Film For A Netflix Series

Continuing the trend of talented, mid-budget directors making their way to TV,Spike Leeis making his television debut with a Netflix adaptation of his groundbreaking 1986 debut filmShe’s Gotta Have It.

A short teaser was released for the television adaptation ofShe’s Gotta Have It, showcasing that trademark Spike Lee look: a bold style, vivid colors, and even the same graffiti-inspired title card of the original film.

Eye-catching images of black kids and adults in New York flash on the screen as the captions read “A Spike Lee Joint.” We catch brief glimpses of our three main players in movement, staring dead on at the screen — the first is a suited young man taking off his glasses, the second is a smirking man in a leather jacket holding a wine glass, and the last is the titular “She,” Nola, sitting up in bed and staring sensually at the camera.

We get little else from this teaser apart from its premiere date on Thanksgiving Day.

Here’s the official synopsis for the series:

“She’s Gotta Have It the Netflix Original Series from Academy Award® Nominated Director SPIKE LEE is a 10-episode contemporary update of Lee’s 1986 revolutionary debut film. StarringDeWanda Wise(Shots Fired) in the central role of Nola Darling, a Brooklyn-based artist in her late twenties struggling to define herself and divide her time amongst her Friends, her Job and her Three Lovers: Greer Childs played byCleo Anthony(Divergent),  Jamie Overstreet played byLyriq Bent(The Book of Negroes), and Mars Blackmon played by Hamilton alumAnthony Ramos.Chyna Layne(Precious) andIlfenesh Hadeara(Baywatch),Margot Bingham(Barbershop: The Next Cut),Sydney Morton(Love, New York),and Joie Lee(Do The Right Thing) also star.”

Lee, who created and produced the show, is set to direct all 10 episodes of the series. Tonya Lewis Lee is executive producer, with Barry Michael Cooper and Lynn Nottage on board as producers.

The firstShe’s Gotta Have Itwas shot in 12 days during one summer in 1986, and “changedhow African Americans are portrayed in movies,” according to the release. I’ll admit that I’ve never seen it, but I don’t doubt the film’s impact — it launched the monumental career of Lee, of course.

Here’s the trailer for the originalShe’s Gotta Have It:

This isn’t Lee’s first venture with Netflix, having directed Roger Guenveur Smith’s one-man showRodney King. It’s to be seen whether Lee will continue working with Netflix, and forgo studio films altogether. His last feature film was 2015’sChi-Raqwhich was the first film produced by Amazon Studios.

All 10 episodes of She’sGotta Have Itpremiere on Netflix onNovember 23.