{"id":35075,"date":"2021-01-25T11:56:39","date_gmt":"2021-01-25T19:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=35075"},"modified":"2021-06-15T14:09:19","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T21:09:19","slug":"funko-alert-spike-lee-latest-director-to-get-popped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=35075","title":{"rendered":"Funko Alert: Spike Lee Latest Director to Get Popped!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/spike-lee-16x9-1920.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Spike Lee<\/strong> is a name that is synonymous with excellence when it comes to film-making. Over the course of his career he has written and directed movies that have been acclaimed by both critics and audiences. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now the man who brought us <em>Malcom X<\/em> and <em>BlacKkKlansman<\/em> and his latest drama <em>Da 5 Bloods<\/em>, is about to enter a whole new realm of celebrity, toys and collectibles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Funko&#8217;s<\/strong> famous <strong>Pop!<\/strong> line will be releasing a Pop of the acclaimed director and it is a sight to behold. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The latest in the line of the company&#8217;s famous <strong>Pop! Directors<\/strong> collectibles (which includes the likes of Patty Jenkins, Alfred Hitchcock and Ava DuVernay), the figure will be of Spike sporting the same outfit he wore to the 2019 Oscars, including the knuckle rings inscribed with &#8220;Love&#8221; and &#8220;Hate&#8221;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While there has been no box art released yet, a first-look image has been made available. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/55781_Directors_SpikeLeePurpleSuit_POP_Colored-WEB-copy-H-2021-1611591622-compressed.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/heat-vision\/spike-lee-gets-the-funko-pop-treatment-exclusive?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social\"><strong>The Hollywood Reporter<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nSpike Lee set to become a Funko Pop!\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=35075\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Funko Alert: Spike Lee Latest Director to Get Popped!&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":88,"featured_media":35077,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[813,6,9],"tags":[1726,3322,4050,4790],"class_list":["post-35075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-film-tv","category-movies","tag-collectibles","tag-funko","tag-funko-pop","tag-spike-lee","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Funko Alert: Spike Lee Latest Director to Get Popped! - The Cultured Nerd<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=35075\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Funko Alert: Spike Lee Latest Director to Get Popped! - The Cultured Nerd\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Spike Lee set to become a Funko Pop! 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