Spike Lee – taking a leaf out of Zach Braff’s book, of all people – has taken to Kickstarter as a means of funding his next feature film.
The untitled project is described as being “funny, sexy, and bloody,” and is budgeted at $1.25 million.
With three days down, he’s raised more than $100,000.
Steven Soderbergh himself was responsible for $10,000 of that total. For his troubles, he has received courtside Knicks tickets.
It will be interesting to see if Lee – by far the biggest name director to use the Kickstarter platform – can reach his goal, just as Braff’s Wish I Was Here and the Veronica Mars movie did with ease.
Lee is keeping details of his movie under tight wraps, which may keep away high-end donors.
Say what you will about those other, more successful projects: they gave a clear indication of what exactly people would be paying for.
More as it develops.
