Spike Lee has funded his next film thanks to donations on Kickstarter, but it ended up being a close call. With five days to spare, the project called "The Newest Hottest Spike Lee Joint" reached its $1.25 million goal. Lee, who has made 21 feature films over the last three decades, acknowledged that finding funding on the website was far from a sure thing, despite the fact that he's built up a rather legendary body of work. In a video posted to YouTube, Lee gets emotional when describing the process.

As for what Lee's next movie will actually be about, details are still thin despite the money showing up. For now, all he's saying is that the feature will be about "human beings who are addicted to Blood. Funny, Sexy and Bloody. A new kind of love story." Production on the currently untitled film is slated to begin in November.