Video games are a big deal now—and have been for, like, 30 years—so it’s not too surprising to see actual Hollywood directors trying their hand at making games. Steven Spielberg made Boom Blox (a coming-of-age story about animals destroying towers made of blocks), Peter Jackson had his name all over the King Kong adaptation (a game that was probably shorter than the ice skating scene in the King Kong movie), and Guillermo del Toro was working on…well, let’s not talk about what Guillermo del Toro was working on. Now, famous basketball fan (and famous director) Spike Lee is going to give this whole video game thing a try by writing and directing the single-player campaign mode for 2K Games’ NBA 2K16.
But how did a famous guy like Spike Lee get involved with 2K Games in the first place? Well, this Associated Press write-up has all of the hot details, and it’s really a fascinating story. We’ll quote the whole thing below, just so you get all of the cool parts: