Jordan Peele and Spike Lee are Teaming Up For KKK Thriller BLACK KLANSMAN

Get Out director Jordan Peele is teaming up with filmmaker Spike Lee to developing a new KKK project that is sure to be controversial called Black Klansman. Lee will direct the movie, Peele will produce, and they are looking to cast Denzel Washinton's son John David Washington (Ballers) in the lead role. The film is based on a true story of how an African-American police officer successfully infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan in the 70s by pretending to be a white supremacist. This is the description of the story from THR:

Klansman tells the story of Ron Stallworth, a detective in Colorado Springs, Colorado, who in 1978 answered an ad in the local newspaper seeking new Klan members. He not only gained membership, but rose through the ranks to become the head of the local chapter. Stallworth, who is black, was able to gather all sorts of intelligence by pretending to be a white supremacist on the phone or via other forms of correspondence but sent a white fellow officer in his place for any in-person meetings. During his undercover work, Stallworth managed to sabotage several cross-burnings and other activities of the notorious hate group. 

Stallworth shared his experiences in a 2014 book titled Black Klansman and that will serve as the basis for the film, which is being written by Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Spike Lee and Kevin Willmont. There is a 1966 film called The Black Klansman, which is a Blaxploitation revenge thriller that told the story of an African American man who goes deep into the KKK in order to seek vengeance for the death of his daughter. This film is in no way connected to that.

This sounds like a fascinating true story and I've never heard about it until now. It should make for a great film and I think Peele and Lee will make a soild filmmaking team. What do you think about them taking on this new film project?