Spike Lee Eyed For "Spinning Gold" With JT

THR says that Spike Lee is in talks to direct the biopic about iconic 1970s music entrepreneur Neil Bogart called "Spinning Gold".

Bogart (played by Justin Timberlake) launched the careers of some of the eras greatest like Curtis Mayfield, Gladys Knight, KISS, Donna Summer and The Village People.

He died young at the age of 39, in 1982.

Bogart’s son Timothy Scott Bogart developed the script with Timberlake and wrote the screenplay.

Timberlake, Mark Damon, Laurence Mark, Bogart and Gary A. Randall (Saving Grace will produce.

Production kicks off early next year.