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=== ''Selling Time'' film===
In May 2006, Lee was set to direct [[20th Century Fox]]’s supernatural thriller ''Selling Time'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/spike-lee-selling-time/ |title=Spike Lee Is Selling Time |date=24 May 2006|website=Empire|access-date=19 May 2019}}</ref> with [[Tom Cruise]] in talks to star.<ref>{{cite web|author=Variety Staff|url=https://variety.com/2006/digital/news/cruise-eyes-trio-of-roles-1117952503/|title=Cruise eyes trio of roles|date=18 October 2006|website=Variety|access-date=4 May 2019}}</ref> In January 2014, [[D.J. Caruso]] took over directing the movie from Lee, with Dan McDermott writing a new draft and [[Will Smith]] is rumored to star in the movie.<ref>{{cite web|first=Mike|last=Fleming Jr.|url= https://deadline.com/2014/01/d-j-caruso-set-to-helm-selling-time-will-smith-still-circling-supernatural-thriller-660164/|title=D.J. Caruso Set To Helm ‘Selling Time’; Will Smith Still Circling Supernatural Thriller|date=7 January 2014|website=Deadline|access-date=19 May 2019}}</ref> However, plans fell in [[development hell]] and its fate is unknown after the [[Acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney]] was completed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/disney-closes-fox-deal-creating-global-content-powerhouse-1174498|title=Disney Closes $71.3{{nbsp}}Billion Fox Deal, Creating Global Content Powerhouse|date=March 19, 2019|website=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=19 May 2019}}</ref>
===''Time Traveler''===
In June 2008, it was announced that Lee was going to adapt [[Ronald Mallett]]'s memoir ''Time Traveler: A Scientist’s Personal Mission to Make Time Travel a Reality'' into a feature film.<ref>{{cite web|last=Fleming|first=Michael|title=Spike Lee takes on ‘Time Traveler’|date=17 June 2008|publisher=[[Variety (magazine)]]|url=https://variety.com/2008/film/markets-festivals/spike-lee-takes-on-time-traveler-1117987632/|accessdate=8 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Spike Lee tackles 'Time Traveler'|date=18 June 2008|publisher=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|url=https://ew.com/article/2008/06/18/spike-lee-tackles-time-traveler/|accessdate=8 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Hilton|first=Beth|title=Spike Lee to direct 'Time Traveler'|date=18 June 2008|publisher=[[Digital Spy]]|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a101676/spike-lee-to-direct-time-traveler/|accessdate=8 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Spike Lee to adapt 'Time Traveler'|date=18 June 2008|publisher=[[United Press International]]|url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2008/06/18/Spike-Lee-to-adapt-Time-Traveler/78141213799784/?ur3=1|accessdate=8 December 2019}}</ref> The film was to have been titled ''Time Traveler'' and Lee was to have co-written and directed it.<ref>{{cite web|title=Spike Lee Tunes Up His Flux Capacitor|date=18 June 2008|publisher=[[Vulture.com]]|url=https://www.vulture.com/2008/06/spike_lee_tunes_up_his_flux_ca.html|accessdate=8 December 2019}}</ref> On July 27, 2015, Mallett reported that Lee and screenwriter [[Ian Harnarine]] were "in negotiations about how to proceed regarding a feature film of my book, ''Time Traveler.''"<ref>{{cite web|last=Voter|first=Lauri|title=Dr. Ronald Mallett: Scientist, professor, mentor – and time traveler?|date=27 July 2015|publisher=[[Hartford Courant]]|url=https://www.courant.com/community/mansfield/rnw-wm-storrs-people-dr--mallett-0731-20150727-story.html|accessdate=8 December 2019}}</ref>
=== ''L.A. Riots'' film===
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