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SPIKE LEE WANTS THAT DUBAI MONEY: Director eyes region to possibly help fund future films.
*Spike Lee says there's an untapped source of movie financing in the eastern Arabian emirate Dubai that he plans to make full use of in the future.
"There is a ton of money in Dubai, so I've gotta get on a plane; I gotta start making connections. I don't want to be in a position where if I want to do a film and the Hollywood studios don't want to make it, then it doesn't get made," the filmmaker told arabianbusiness.com. "I gotta know that no can't be a final no. I gotta go to other sources of finance."
Lee said he's planning to make his first visit to Dubai in November after being invited to the The Atlantis Hotel on the Palm, reported Emirates Business on Friday.
He said his latest film, "Miracle at St Anna," would not be premiering at the upcoming Dubai Film Festival December 11-18. The movie is an adaptation of James McBride's book of the same name and was shot on a budget of around $45 million.
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