According to Deadline, Spike Lee is set to direct a feature musical about the origin and development of Pfizer’s erectile dysfunction pill, Viagra.
The musical with be co-written by Lee and British playwright Kwame Kwei-Armah, and follow the creation of Pfizer’s pre-Covid universally famous impotence drug Viagra.
Songs of Stew Stewart and Heidi Rodewald, who created the Tony-winning Passing Strange, will be featured in the musical.
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Based on an Esquire article by David Kushner titled All Rise: The Untold Story of The Guys Who Launched Viagra, the musical will tell the story of the drug’s early discovery as a heart medication, the unforeseen side effects of which later helped people with erectile dysfunction.
The release date of the musical is yet to be decided.
The director has released two films in 2020, the critically acclaimed Da 5 Bloods starring Chadwick Boseman and a concert film David Byrne’s American Utopia.
