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Read the Screenplay for Spike Lee’s Unmade Jackie Robinson Biopic

Here’s to you, Jackie Robinson.

There are so many directors with stories of films that never were made. It’s sad to think of our favorite not having the chance to try and do something special.

Spike Lee has many projects that almost happened, but none I’d rather see more than his Jackie Robinson biopic. It was set to shoot in 1996 but never happened. Denzel Washington was going to star as Robinson, but he felt old for the part, and it sort of just fell apart from there.

Over the pandemic, Lee released the screenplay via his Instagram. And now, you can check it out.

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Author: Jason Hellerman
This article comes from No Film School and can be read on the original site.

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