Spike Lee Isn't Working On A Sequel To Do The Right Thing

Earlier this summer, rumors began flying that Spike Lee's latest project, Red Hook Summer, was a sequel to his 1989 Bed-Stuy-set breakout hit Do The Right Thing. Now, as more details have emerged about Lee's hush-hush project, it looks like that might not be the case...sort of.

Lee, who's never been one to hold back his opinions about much of anything, tweeted last night: "Red Hook Summer is not a Sequel to Do The Right Thing and it has nothing to do with Brooklyn Loves MJ. Subject Matter? New Spike Lee Joint YO." While Lee has confirmed that he'll be reprising his role as Mookie from Thing, the rest of the cast are all basically unknowns, leading IndieWire to guess that Mookie will make only a brief cameo.

The film centers around an Atlanta native who is spending the summer in Red Hook, though it's unclear whether the flick is set in the present day or the cobblestone-lined past. Either way, we're psyched for another Spike Lee joint, and are keeping out fingers crossed for a possible Rosie Perez cameo as well...

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By Jamie Feldmar in Arts & Entertainment on September 22, 2011 10:38 AM

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pendejito

I thought he was releasing another "Brooklyn" themed Absolut vodka bottle, being the authority of Brooklyn and all.

dogbertt

I hope there is never another Spike Lee "joynt".

WilliamRichards

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Peanut_Butter

Come 'ere, I'll give you something to grab.

Guest

Did Lee ever make a good movie?

Investigate-NWO-globalists

Only a jackass would ask a question like that.

Guest

Thank you.

ANGRYGOD11

Malcolm X should have gotten at least an Oscar for Denzel Washington.

mistermarkdavis

DTRT wasn't nominated for best picture, but Driving Miss Daisy won. Just sayin'

Marc Hug

if you want to see rosie perez again just go to fort greene after 9pm. she is usually there walking her dog. i thought do the right thing was terrible. it go so much hype that i thought i had missed something and tried re watching a few years ago. still terrible.

Cat1982

I hated that movie. It enraged me. You know what would have been doing the right thing? Not setting a store on fire and then still asking for your money. I wanted to kill those people. Talk about making an entire movie around not taking responsibility for your actions and acting generally like a savage.

Investigate-NWO-globalists

Do the Right Thing was more about how working-class people (Italians in this case) interacted with poor people (blacks in this case) in a segregated neighborhood. One of the many things that was shown is how people who really have very in common were divided & separated from each other by poverty, bigotry, & ignorance, much like your above comment!

Peanut_Butter

You know what would be news? To learn that Spike Lee lost that smug look from his face.

me4

How those Nike commercials treating you, Mooks? Enjoying the Upper East Side?

RobertMosesSupposesErroneously

"Do the Right Thing II: The Mookquel"

masterjarvis

thats so lame it doesnt even count as an attempt at humor

airtech1

Do the Right Thing II: Mookie Never Sleeps.

mistermarkdavis

Do The Right Thing 2: electric Mookieloo

shocktheday

It would be pretty pathetic for Mookie to be still complaining about the "system" when since DTRT came out, underprivileged immigrants have been able to come here and succeed. Actually, it was pretty pathetic then too.