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PICTURED: DeWanda Wise as Nola Daring in She's Gotta Have It (Photo credit: Netflix)

NETFLIX HAS confirmed that the half-hour series She’s Gotta Have It, based on the 1986 movie that launched Spike Lee as a filmmaker, has been renewed for a second season.

Lee announced the renewal of the TV series on New Year’s Day (Jan 1) on Instagram. Lee and his wife, Tonya Lewis Lee, thanked fans for supporting the show in a brief New Year’s Day video message. “Thank you, thank you, thank you,” Spike Lee said.

Happy New Year. Happy Year. Great News For 2018.

A post shared by Spike Lee (@officialspikelee) on Jan 1, 2018 at 3:09pm PST

The series produced by Netflix has been picked up for eight episodes. Spike Lee, Tonya Lewis Lee, Barry Michael Cooper and Lynn Nottage are executive producers.

The series stars DeWanda Wise as the main character of Nola Darling, a Brooklyn artist who happily juggles romantic relationships with three very different men. Cleo Anthony, Anthony Ramos and Lyriq Bent co-star.

The ten episodes of “She’s Gotta Have It” Season 1 premiered on Nov. 23, with each episode directed by Spike Lee.

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