Spike Lee producing Lovecraftican Netflix film The Realm of Cthulhu

Last Updated on August 5, 2021

So this is exciting! Variety reports that the prolific filmmaker Spike Lee will be producing a new Lovecraftian supernatural horror film for Netflix, helmed by director Stefon Bristol (See You Yesterday) called Gordon Hemingway & the Realm of Cthulhu!

Here's the official synopsis:

Gordon Hemingway & the Realm of Cthulhu is set in East Africa in 1928 and centers on Gordon Hemingway, a roguish Black American gunslinger, who teams up with the elite warrior Princess Zenebe of Ethiopia to rescue the country’s kidnapped regent from an ancient evil.

Meanwhile, no official start or release date as of yet, but we'll definitely keep you posted!

As someone who is fascinated by Lovecraft's ideas and concepts – but repulsed by his (even for his time) repugnant prejudices – it's awesome seeing more diverse voices take those evergreen horror concepts and do something unique and challenging with them (ala HBO's recent Lovecraft Country). So I'll certainly be keeping an eye on this project for sure.