In 2020, studio [[Lionsgate Canada|Entertainment One|eOne]] and Lee were prepping a then-untitled film about the breakthrough of the [[erectile dysfunction]] drug [[Viagra]]. Lee was to have directed from a screenplay co-written with [[Kwame Kwei-Armah]], based on the 2015 ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'' article "All Rise: The Untold Story of The Guys Who Launched Viagra". Lee described the project as a "dancin', all singin' [[Musical film|musical]]", featuring original songs and music written by [[Stew (musician)|Stew Stewart]] and Heidi Rodewald.<ref>{{cite web|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|url=https://deadline.com/2020/11/spike-lee-viagra-musical-film-pfizer-eone-pre-covid-miracle-drug-kwame-kwei-armah-1234616563/|title=Spike Lee Sets eOne Film Musical On Pfizer's Pre-COVID Miracle Drug: Viagra|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=November 17, 2020|access-date=November 16, 2023}}</ref> Production was set to begin in early 2023 under the title ''Rise'',<ref>{{cite web|last=Ruimy|first=Jordan|url=https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2022/10/va7tl3fpe5hjd3e6ficqeu5fseshn1|title=Spike Lee's Upcoming Viagra Musical is Called 'Rise,' Early 2023 Production Start Being Eyed|website=World of Reel|date=October 28, 2022|access-date=November 16, 2023}}</ref> though Lee later reportedrevealed that it had been retitled ''Boner''.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Zuckerman|first=Esther|url=https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/spike-lee-interview-2023|title=Originality Is In Spike Lee's DNA|magazine=[[W (magazine)|W]]|date=March 20, 2023|access-date=November 16, 2023}}</ref> In 2025, he reaffirmed his intentions to make the film, saying "that's something I've got to get made. Got to get made."<ref>{{cite web|last=Keegan|first=Rebecca|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/spike-lee-interview-highest-2-lowest-denzel-cannes-1236207579/|title=Do The Spike Thing: The Defiant Director on Reuniting With Denzel, Bad Money and Resisting Trump|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=May 6, 2025|access-date=May 7, 2025}}</ref>
