Spike Lee Seeking Musical Submissions For 'She's Gotta Have It' Remake

BROOKLYN, NY — No one can accuse local film legend Spike Lee of leaving the people out of the process. After holding an open casting call last fall for "She's Gotta Have It," a 10-episode Netflix remake of the 1980s classic, Lee is now accepting musical submissions from the general public to add to the project's soundtrack.

The deadline to submit your track via Soundcloud will be this Friday, Feb. 24, at midnight, Lee announced on Instagram. Here's the submission form.

Original music will be accepted from independent and unsigned artists representing "all genres," Lee said.

"Only original music created by you — no samples, no cover recordings of other people's songs, no copying of other people's material," he said. "The music is inconsequential to the subject matter of the show. Submit the best of your work."

As of Tuesday evening, less than a week after announcing the opportunity, Lee said he had already received thousands of submissions.

The director reminded others submitting their work to adjust their SoundCloud profile to "public" so his team could access it.

Lee's modern-day remake of "She's Gotta Have It" — his 1986 film about a Brooklyn-based 20-something balancing three flings with three very different types of men — was filmed in the streets, schools, bars and buildings of central Brooklyn from mid-October through mid-January. (Mostly in the Fort Greene/Bed-Stuy/Prospect Heights area, where Lee lives and works.)

"We are getting an opportunity to revisit these memorable characters who will still be relevant and avant-garde three decades later," Lee said in a press release.

In the remake, actress DeWanda Wise will reportedly star as Nola Darling; Cleo Anthony as Greer Childs; Anthony Ramos as Mars Blackmon; Lyriq Bent as Jamie Overstreet; Margot Bingham as Clorinda Bradford; and Sydney Morton as Sheryl Overstreet.

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