Spike Lee to direct film adaption of David Byrne’s 'American Utopia'

'American Utopia' began as a David Byrne album, it was then turned into a Broadway musical, and now movie director Spike Lee is adapting a feature-length film version. “Pinch me. This couldn’t have worked out better for this project” - Byrne commented on the project. 'American Utopia', the album, came out in 2018, and the musical opened in October 2019 with Byrne joined onstage by 11-piece mobile ensemble playing songs from the album, other tracks from his solo catalog, and Talking Heads material. The movie is coming out this year.