Arts+Culture / NewsWatch Spike Lee’s TV reboot teaser for She’s Gotta Have ItThe 10-episode series adaptation of Lee’s groundbreaking 1986 debut film will air on Netflix later this yearShareLink copied ✔️June 26, 2017Arts+CultureNewsText Anna Cafolla A brief but exciting teaser and release date for the television adaptation of Spike Lee’s 1986 debut film, She’s Gotta Have It, has been revealed. DeWanda Wise takes on the role of Nola Darling (originally played by Tracy Camilla Johns), a young Brooklyn artist navigating her creative pursuits, friends, working to discover herself, and her three lovers: Mars Blackmon (Anthony Ramos), Jamie Overstreet (Lyriq Bent) and Greer Childs (Cleo Anthony). It’s the first time Lee, known for other huge projects such as Do The Right Thing and Malcolm X, has directed an entire TV series. He created and directed every episode in the modern update of the culture impacting indie film. The original film catapulted the talented director into the mainstream and saw Lee lead the way for Black indie filmmakers: he shot it in just 12 days in 1985 on a tiny budget, and kickstarted a major change in the portrayal of African Americans in film. With just $175,000 to spend on the film, it became a much-loved classic pretty quickly, grossing $7 million in the box office. “We are getting an opportunity to revisit these memorable characters who will still be relevant and avant-garde 3 decades later,” Lee told Deadline. “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,” he said. “It had not occurred to me at all. Tonya saw it plain as day. I didn’t.” Netflix has been active in giving the green light for film-to-television reboots, such as Wet Hot American Summer and Dear White People. She’s Gotta Have It is set to hit Netflix November 23 of this year. Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.TrendingWalter Pfeiffer, the cult photographer of beauty, sex and outsidersAs a major retrospective of his work opens in Turin, the Swiss image-maker reflects on magazines, finding success as an ‘outsider’, and why he’s still working at 80Art & PhotographyFashionNipples, nachos and mask4mask: The biggest trends at the Met Gala 2026 Art & PhotographyThings To Come: Porn saves the world in Maja Malou Lyse’s ‘bimbo sci-fi’FashionMeet the young superfans camping outside the Met Gala BeautyNude awakening: Meet the young people embracing naturismFashionMet Gala 2026: The best dressed stars from the biggest night in fashionFashion7 major political moments from the 2026 Met GalaLife & CultureIn pictures: The best Dev Patel lookalikes at the London contest PolaroidArt & PhotographyThree Dazed Clubbers on documenting a complete digital detoxEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy