The expendables 3 full movie future game hd by asmr of the day. See the new trailer for spike lees upcoming film chiraq time. Wesley trent snipes born july 31, 1962 is an american actor, director, film producer, martial artist and author. Sweeney, harry lennix, steve harris, dave chappelle, and lee regulars like roger guenveur smith and. Filmisnow movie trailers international your first stop for the latest new cinematic videos the moment they are released. Masters of the martial arts wesley snipes by russ6277. After the murder of a child by a stray bullet, a group of women led by lysistrata organize against the on. Movie star wesley snipes is heading back to the small screen for his first big tv role in 25 years. Dave chappelle, wesley snipes, and nick cannon join spike lees chiraq. In building a movie about contemporary chicago on ancient greek. As had been widely expected and reported amazon has now confirmed that spike lees chiraq will be its first original movie. He grew up on the streets of the south bronx in new york city, where he very early decided that dance and the theatre were to be his career. A modern day adaptation of the ancient greek play lysistrata by. Nick cannon, wesley snipes star in exclusive scene ew.
Watch the new trailer for spike lees upcoming film chiraq. A rival gang, the trojans, is led by cyclops wesley snipes, who bombs lysistratas apartment. In spike lees modernday adaptation of aristophanes play lysistrata, a gang leaders girlfriend teyonah parris is called to action after a child is killed by a stray bullet. Chiraq is a 2015 american musical crime comedydrama film, directed and produced by. Tv spots, behindthescenes videos, and all promo content for the hottest new movies. Directed by the critically acclaimed filmmaker spike lee, chiraq is a modern day adaptation of the ancient greek play lysistrata by aristophanes. Wesley snipes says teaming up with spike lee for chiraq. Chiraq will feature nick cannon, wesley snipes, jennifer. Talented trumpeter bleek gilliam denzel washington is obsessed by his music and indecisiveness about his girlfriends, indigo joie lee and clarke cynda williams. After the murder of a child by a stray bullet, a group of women led by lysistrata organize against the ongoing violence in chicagos southside creating a movement that challenges the nature of race, sex and violence in america and around the world. A modern day adaptation of the ancient greek play lysistrata by aristophanes, set against the backdrop of gang violence in chicago, illinois.
Hes playedwith a marked and moving intensityby wesley snipes. Sistas shines a light on love and the value of friendship. Wesley snipes may be coming back in a big way, heres what. New york city in the south bronx, wesley knew right away that an.
Dave chappelle, wesley snipes, and nick cannon join spike. Its title is a slang term coined by residents of chicagos violenceplagued south side, empowered by statistics showing that more americans have died from gunshots in the last twelve years than soldiers involved in the american occupation of iraq. A modern day adaptation of the ancient greek play lysistrata. Chiraq is a modern day adaptation of the ancient greek play lysistrata by aristophanes. She convinces a group of women to help put an end to the violence in chicagos south side by taking a vow of abstinence, which will only end when their men decide to bring peace to the city. After the murder of a child by a stray bullet, a group of women led by lysistrata organize against the ongoing violence in chicagos southside creating a movement that challenges the nature of race, sex and violence in america and around. Academy awardwinning actor denzel washington gives a riveting performance in spike lees breathtaking film on music and love. After taking to kickstarter in 20 to raise funds for his pic da sweet blood of jesus, spike lee ventured into new territory again in 2015 with the amazon studios release of chiraq. Black hollywood lives jesse janedy sits with the iconic wesley snipes to discuss his role as cyclops in spike lees new film chiraq. Chiraq is a modernday musical satire about violence and guns and men and women and sex and power. This film saw lee reuniting with bassett, jackson, and snipes, having worked with all three actors. Open casting call in chicago for new spike lee movie.
The blade actor will feature in crime thriller series endgame. Chi raq 2015 nick cannon, teyonah parris, wesley snipes. The south side women are fed up with the carnage caused by the war between rival gangs, the trojans wesley snipes is their oneeyed leader, cyclops and the spartans cannons character, a rising. Chi raq 2015 nick cannon, teyonah parris, wesley snipes adell mueller. The movie is angry and horrified and mournful but also warm, sensual. A modernday retelling of aristophanes more than two millenniaold play lysistrata, the movie stars teyonah parris as a woman in love with a rapper nick cannon who finds herself increasingly disturbed by the war between his spartan gang and the rival trojans, led by wesley snipes. The girlfriend teyonah parris of a chicago gang leader nick cannon persuades other frustrated women to abstain from sex until their men agree to end the senseless cycle of violence. Spike lee is set to release his upcoming movie chiraq next year, but we spoke to wesley snipes who teamed back up with lee for the film and he was beyond ecstatic about it. Spike lee returns to chi for crc chiraq recording chicago film. Rent chiraq 2015 starring nick cannon and wesley snipes on dvd and bluray. Wesley trent snipes was born in orlando, florida, to marian long, a teachers assistant, and smsgt wesley rudolph snipes, an aircraft engineer. The new spike lee film chiraq offers further proof as if any was needed that only a fool would predict the next career move of the auteur. Set in chicago, the film focuses on the gang violence prevalent in neighborhoods on the citys south side, particularly the englewood neighborhood the story is based on aristophanes lysistrata, a classical greek comedy play in which. The new spike lee film chiraq offers further proof as if any was needed that only a fool.
Nick cannon, wesley snipes star in exclusive scene. Nick cannon, wesley snipes, teyonah parris, jennifer hudson, angela basset, john cusack, samuel l. Nick cannon, wesley snipes, jennifer hudson, teyonah parris, d. The bold, imaginative and incendiary new film from spike lee. He attended the high school for the performing arts. Wesley snipes, who also stars in chiraq as veteran gang leader cyclops, has heard the critics.
Spike lees necessary, overwhelming chiraq the new yorker. Chiraq movie clip dave chappelle, wesley snipes movie hd. His prominent film roles include new jack city 1991, white men cant jump 1992, passenger 57 1992, demolition man 1993, and the marvel comics character blade in the blade film trilogy 19982004 he formed a production company, amenra films, in 1991, and a subsidiary. The first trailer for spike lees new film, chiraq, amazon studios first original film, is out. For the best experience please update your browser. Today the movie arm of the sports entertainment brand, wwe studios announced via press release that theyve entered into a deal with wesley snipes maandi media.