Jeffrey Wright to Star Alongside Denzel Washington in Spike Lee's Reimagining of Akira Kurosawa's Classic Thriller HIGH AND LOW
Academy Award-nominee and Emmy-winner Jeffrey Wright (Westworld, Angels in America, American Fiction) has signed on to star alongside Academy Award-winner Denzel Washington (Training Day, Fences) in Academy Award-winning director Spike Lee's (Do the Right Thing, Malcom X) reimagining of Akira Kurosawa's classic thriller High and Low.
Lee wrote the script with Alan Fox for the English-language adaptation of the story of a wealthy man dealing with a kidnapping. Production on the Apple Original Films starts this month.
In addition to Washington, High and Low also stars Ilfenesh Hadera (Billions). A24 will release the film theatrically before its global launch on Apple TV+.
The feature will be produced by Todd Black, who worked with Washington on The Equalizer films, for Escape Artists and Jason Michael Berman (Air) for Mandalay Pictures. In addition to directing, Lee will serve as executive producer through his 40 Acres And A Mule Filmworks. Mandalay’s Peter Guber will serve as executive producer, along with Juniper Productions’ Matthew Lindner, Chris Brigham, and Katia Washington. Mandalay’s Jordan Moldo is co-producing.
via: Variety