On 21 April 2010, [[Samuel L. Jackson]] announced that Lee showed him a script that he wrote titled ''Brooklyn Loves Michael Jackson''. The script, according to Samuel L. Jackson, was "about these folks who want to have a big concert in a [[Brooklyn]] park for [[Michael Jackson|Michael]]. And the new gentrified people that live in the neighborhood are worried about the kind of element that might be coming into the neighborhood."<ref>{{cite web|last=Alexander|first=Bryan|title=Samuel L. Jackson Up For Spike Lee's "Michael Jackson" Project|date=21 April 2010|publisher=[[WNBC]]|url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/blogs/popcornbiz/Samuel-L-Jackson-Likely-Spike-Lees-Michael-Jackson-Project-91720749.html|accessdate=7 December 2019}}</ref> On 24 January 2011, it was announced that Lee scrapped the project.<ref>{{cite web|last=Davis|first=Edward|title=It Looks Like Spike Lee Has Scrapped His Michael Jackson-Centric, ‘Brooklyn Loves MJ’ Project|date=24 January 2011|publisher=[[IndieWire]]|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2011/01/it-looks-like-spike-lee-has-scrapped-his-michael-jackson-centric-brooklyn-loves-mj-project-120700/|accessdate=7 December 2019}}</ref>
