Frequent collaborators Denzel Washington and Spike Lee are reuniting to adapt a traditional film by legendary Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa, Apple introduced Thursday.
Crime thriller “High and Low” will start manufacturing in March, and would be the fifth movie directed by Lee and starring Washington, after acclaimed hits corresponding to “Malcolm X.”
No launch date has but been set for the brand new film, which shall be launched in theaters by indie distributor A24, earlier than streaming globally on Apple TV+.
The unique “High and Low,” launched in 1963, instructed the story of a rich businessman who believes his son has been kidnapped.
In a case of mistaken identification, it emerges that his chauffeur’s son has been kidnapped as a substitute, leaving the businessman dealing with the dilemma of whether or not to nonetheless pay the ransom.
Kurosawa, extensively thought to be one of many biggest and most influential filmmakers of all time, directed classics corresponding to “Rashomon” and “Seven Samurai.”
His movie “Ikiru” was lately tailored into English for 2022 Oscar-nominated drama “Living” — a movie which transposed occasions from the unique’s Japanese setting to Nineteen Fifties London.
Apple didn’t present any particulars on the setting for the brand new English-language reinterpretation, co-written by Lee.
Lee lately obtained an honorary Oscar for a movie profession together with “Do the Right Thing” and “She’s Gotta Have It,” and received a aggressive Oscar for writing “BlacKkKlansman” in 2019.
Washington has two Oscars, for “Glory” and “Training Day,” and was nominated for Lee’s “Malcolm X.”
The pair have additionally collaborated on “Mo’ Better Blues,” “He Got Game” and “Inside Man.”
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