Netflix Greenlights ‘She’s Gotta Have It’ Series

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Netflix will revive producer/director Spike Lee’s 1986 film She’s Gotta Have It as an original series, the streaming service confirmed Thursday.

The 10-episode series will give a new look to the film’s storyline focused on twentysomething Nola Darling and her juggling of three love interests while trying to find her own voice and indentity, according to Netflix.

Lee will be involved in the development of the series. She’s Gotta Have It was Lee’s first original film, and grossed more than $7 million at the box office despite only costing $175,000 to create.

Lee in 2015 teamed with Amazon to distribute original film Chi-raq, which ran both in theaters and on Amazon's Prime streaming service. 

R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.