Netflix has dropped the trailer for the upcoming Spike Lee joint‘Da 5 Bloods’. The film, starring Chadwick Boseman, follows four African-American Vets who return to Vietnam looking for the remains of their squad leader (Boseman) and buried treasure. Today (May 18), the movie’s first trailer has been shared. It’s soundtracked by the Chamber Brothers’ “Time Has Come Today.”
Here’s the official description from Netflix:
“Spike Lee’s film comes a New Joint: the story of four African-American Vets — Paul (Delroy Lindo), Otis (Clarke Peters), Eddie (Norm Lewis), and Melvin (Isiah Whitlock, Jr.) — who return to Vietnam. Searching for the remains of their fallen Squad Leader (Chadwick Boseman) and the promise of buried treasure, our heroes, joined by Paul’s concerned son (Jonathan Majors), battle forces of Man and Nature — while confronted by the lasting ravages of The Immorality of The Vietnam War.” However, in this first trailer of the movie soundtracked by the Chamber Brothers’ “Time Has Come Today” song.
This isn’t Spike Lee’s first project for Netflix—his TV series reboot of She’s Gotta Have It got two seasons on the streaming service. He’s got more previously announced projects in the works—a film adaptation of David Byrne’s American Utopia Broadway show and the hip-hop Romeo & Juliet story Prince of Cats. His classic Do the Right Thing returned to theaters for its 30th anniversary last year.
Lee’s last feature film, 2018’s BlacKkKlansman, was nominated for multiple Oscars. When it lost Best Picture to Green Book, Spike Lee attempted to walk out of the televised ceremony. (“It wasn’t my cup of tea,” he explained at the time.)
Da 5 Bloods premieres on Netflix on June 12. Watch the trailer below.
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