Spike Lee Holding Casting Call For New Movie In Chicago

Despite recent comments and controversy surrounding his title, looks like Film director Spike Lee is moving forward with his new movie called Chiraq. According to our source, the "Do The Right Thing" and "Malcolm X" director is looking for extras for the Chicago-based film and get this, he's not picky.

According to 4 Star Casting's Facebook page for the movie, the casting call for the Amazon Studios film will take place on Saturday, May 9th at St. Sabina in Chicago's Gresham neighborhood on the City's Southside. Its reported the movie would begin filming May 19 - July 10 and needs stand-ins and hundreds of extras of all races and background ranging from 7 to 75 years old. male or female.

Meanwhile, Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel recently stated he doesn't approve of Lee's movie title 'Chiraq' but he didn't mention if he asked the film director to change it. For now, let's just wait on it.

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