Spike Lee Raises 'Hell'

Zap2It.com | February 3, 2009

Spike Lee

Will direct adaptation of World War II story

Spike Lee will do the right thing for an unusual World War II story.

Lee, through production company 40 Acres and a Mule, has purchased the rights to "Now the Hell Will Start," according to The Hollywood Reporter. "Hell," a 2008 nonfiction book from journalist Brendan Koerner, relates the experiences of Hermany Perry. Perry, an African-American soldier, went AWOL in India after killing a white lieutenant. He eventually settled with the local Naga tribesmen.

"Hell" is Lee's second World War II film; his "Miracle at St. Anna" hit theaters in 2008.