Spike Lee Strikes "Gold"

Spike Lee is going to direct the rags-to-riches true to life tale "Gold" says The Wrap. Lee takes over for the  previously linked, Michael Mann, who has moved on to helm a Cyber-thriller

The story follows a rough-around-the-edges prospector who stumbles onto one of the largest gold mines in the world in the Indonesian jungle.

Patrick Massett and John Zinman wrote the true story based on the 1993 Bre-X Mineral Corporation mining scandal.

Massett, Teddy Schwarzman, Paul Haggis and Michael Nozik will produce the film.

Production is expected to start before the end of the year.