Spike Lee To Produce Television Series About A “Young Black Mark Zuckerberg”

The dark comedy will follow the adventures of a twentysomething tech entrepreneur.

August 12, 2017
Spike Lee To Produce Television Series About A “Young Black Mark Zuckerberg” Spike Lee at the U.S. premiere of Dunkirk at at AMC Loews Lincoln Square in New York City on July 18, 2017.   Photo by Angela Weiss/Getty Images

Variety reports that Spike Lee is working on the pilot for a television show based on the life of tech entrepreneur Chad Sanders titled Archer. The dark comedy series is also described as a "sociological thriller" and will chronicle the protagonist's experience living in Brooklyn, New York after developing "a dating app that reads sexual chemistry."

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In addition to being the creator of the show, Sanders will work on the program as an executive producer, writer and director. Sanders is known for his former role as a partner and head of business development at Dev Bootcamp. Since then, he founded a new business development agency called Archer Genius Management.

Archer is not currently attached to a network at this time. Lee's latest television series, She’s Gotta Have It, is slated to premiere on Netflix in November. Watch the trailer for his next film, Rodney King,here.

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Spike Lee To Produce Television Series About A “Young Black Mark Zuckerberg”