Director Spike Lee‘s latest project has come to light, and fans are already buzzing over its nearly minute-long teaser trailer.
The upcoming film, titled Highest 2 Lowest, Denzel Washington stars as a “titan music mogul,” who gets “jammed up in a life-or-death moral dilemma” after he is “targeted with a ransom plot,” per the Apple TV+ press website.
Written by Alan Fox, Highest 2 Lowest — which is a reinterpretation of Akira Kurosawa‘s 1963 crime thriller High and Low set in modern-day New York City — is the fifth film collaboration between Lee and Washington following Mo’ Better Blues (1990), Malcolm X (1992), He Got Game (1998), and Inside Man (2006).
Check out the brand new teaser trailer above, and continue reading to find out everything we know about Highest 2 Lowest.
Who is in the cast of Highest 2 Lowest?
Washington, Jeffrey Wright, A$AP Rocky, and Ilfenesh Hadera headline the Highest 2 Lowest cast. On last Thursday’s (May 1) episode of The Run-Through with Vogue podcast, A$AP Rocky said that “working with Denzel was a dream come true.”
The film also features Ice Spice in her first feature film, Dean Winters, and John Douglas Thompson, per Variety.
When is the Highest 2 Lowest release date?
Highest 2 Lowest will hit theaters on Aug. 22, and will make its way over to streaming on Apple TV+ on Sept. 5, per The Hollywood Reporter. According to the outlet, the film is set to make its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on May 19.
Where Can I Watch High And Low, The Original 1963 Movie: Streaming Info
The Akira Kurosawa picture was nominated for a Golden Globe in 1964 in the category of Best Foreign Language film, and was also named by none other than Martin Scorsese as one of his 84 favorite movies of all-time. So, it’s DEFINITELY a movie that you’re going to want to see before Spike Lee’s movie drops this fall.
As of this writing, High And Low is currently available to stream on Max, The Criterion Channel, and the Roku Channel. These availabilities, as we all know, are always subject to change; you can always check this movie’s streaming availability on Decider’s official High and Low page.
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