Cool, Babies! Spike Lee Is Adapting David Byrne’s American Utopia for Film

Spike Lee is going to direct a film adaptation of David Byrne’s American Utopia

Photo: Matthew Murphy Incredible news for all of the Broadway stragglers with Remain in Light vinyls who’ve been refreshing Stubhub 10 times per day: No need to worry about the hard February 16 closing date, because David Byrne’s American Utopia is going to be filmed to live on for eternity. Oh yeah, and Spike Lee is directing it.

The adaptation, which will be a complete visual recording of a live American Utopia performance, is intended for a release later in 2020. Whether it’ll be unveiled in theaters or on a streaming service, however, has yet to be clarified. “Pinch me,” Byrne said in a statement. “This couldn’t have worked out better for this project.

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