Later this year, Spike Lee will release Highest 2 Lowest, his remake of Akira Kurosawa classic, High & Low. After that, what’s next for the legendary New York filmmaker? It could be the military dramedy Liberty, according to a new report from Deadline.
Lee will reportedly develop, produce, and possibly direct Liberty, a military dramedy said to be in the vein of Hal Ashby’s 1973 classic The Last Detail. The story, penned by writers Rebecca Murga and Jalysa Conway, centers on a group of cadets and one crazy night in NYC during Fleet Week.
This is the second military-themed project Lee has developed with Murga and Conway. The other was an ROTC drama for Amazon Studios in 2022 that has yet to get off the ground.
This would be the third military film directed by Lee after Miracle at St. Anna and Da 5 Bloods. In 2018 he won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for BlacKkKlansman.
Liberty has yet to find a distributor but that won’t be a problem if Lee agrees to direct. He’s never been a prolific filmmaker but his projects are always major events, topical, and have the potential to play well during awards season. Stay tuned for more on this one.
