Miss: Better Living Through Crime

Seith Mann to Write/Direct MISS: BETTER LIVING THROUGH CRIME

by Brendan Bettinger    Posted: August 17th, 2010 at 10:11 pm

After tonight’s earlier report that Jack Bender is developing 7 Minutes in Heaven with J.J. Abrams, we have another example of  a respected TV director entering into features.  Seith Mann’s resume includes such series as The Wire, Friday Night Lights, and Fringe — according to Heat Vision, there will soon be a credit for an adaptation of Miss: Better Living Through Crime.  At one point Antoine Fuqua (Training Day) was set to helm Miss, though that appears to have fallen through: Mann will both script and direct.

Hichame Benkirane and Spike Lee are producing this tale of Enola and Slim, “two unlikely partners in crime”; hit the jump for a full synopsis.

Antoine Fuqua and Spike Lee Team Up for Adaptation of Graphic Novel MISS: BETTER LIVING THROUGH CRIME

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: November 17th, 2009 at 10:39 pm

It’s been twenty years since Do the Right Thing but Spike Lee has continued to grow and innovate as a filmmaker, pushing himself to work outside his comfort zone while never completely leaving his deep-seated convictions about race in America.

It’s been eight years since Training Day but Antoine Fuqua has yet to make another successful film and even Training Day succeeded more because of Denzel Washington than because of Fuqua’s direction.  While he did receive positive notices for his most recent film Brooklyn’s Finest, which played at Sundance earlier this year, it’s been a long dry spell for Fuqua.  Can he finally up his game by joining forces with Lee?  Their collaboration in adapting the graphic novel Miss: Better Living Through Crime may answer that question.  Hit the jump for details.

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