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Earlier than Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan turned Hollywood’s most bankable BFFs, there was Denzel Washington and his man 50 grand Spike Lee who gave us culture-stirring movies Mo’ Higher Blues (1990), Malcolm X (1992), He Received Recreation (1998), and Inside Man (2006) over the span of 16 years.
Quick-forward to 2025 the place the dynamic duo is again with their FIFTH joint Highest 2 Lowest–a extremely anticipated reimagining of Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 crime thriller “Excessive and Low” centered round a music mogul (Denzel Washington) confronted with a life-or-death ethical dilemma after being focused with a ransom plot.
“In Kurosawa’s movie, Toshiro Mifune is a shoemaker,” stated Lee in an interview with DEADLINE. “In our movie Denzel Washington is a music mogul along with his personal label and his fame as the very best ears within the enterprise. So, that is the fifth movie with the dynamic duo.”
Try the teaser trailer beneath:
Directed by the Oscar-deserving Lee, Highest 2 Lowest additionally stars A$AP Rocky, Jeffrey Wright, Ice Spice (sure, you learn that proper), and Ilfenesh Hadera within the buzzy movie set to premiere at this yr’s Cannes Movie Competition.
“And A$AP, man. Hearth,” teased Lee about Rocky’s appearing efficiency throughout an look on Carmelo Anthony’s 7pm in Brooklyn present, per Billboard.
“I imply, there’s some scenes with him and D face to face, he ain’t backin’ up. It’s like, ‘I’m right here too!’ Very, very pleased with the way in which the movie turned out and looking out ahead to sharing with the world.”
Will you be seated for Highest 2 Lowest when it hits theaters on August 22, 2025 after which Apple TV+ on September 5, 2025? Inform us down beneath and peep some web buzz over the teaser on the flip.
