By Ron Wynn
NASHVILLE, TN — The cast of Spike Lee’s upcoming Apple Studios and A24 film “High and Low” has added another cast member. It was announced last week that Ice Spice would be making her major film debut in the production which co-stars heavyweight actors Denzel Washington and Jeffrey Wright. Variety was the first publication to carry the story about Lee’s latest film.
The film began production last week as well. Spice, whose real name is Isis Gaston, played a major part in the “Barbie” movie, contributing to the film soundtrack for the song “Barbie World” with Nicki Minaj.
“High and Low” is developed and produced by A24, Escape Artists and Mandalay Pictures, and written by Alan Fox and Lee. The thriller film is described as the “English-language reinterpretation of Akira Kurosawa’s crime thriller.”
A24 will release the film in theaters before it launches at a later date on Apple TV+. The film will be produced by Todd Black for Escape Artists and Jason Michael Berman for Mandalay Pictures. Lee will serve as executive producer through his 40 Acres And A Mule Filmworks. Mandalay’s Peter Guber will also serve as executive producer, along with Juniper Productions’ Matthew Lindner, Chris Brigham, and Katia Washington. Mandalay’s Jordan Moldo is a co-producer.
This is the second Apple Original Films project for Washington after “The Tragedy of Macbeth.” It is the fifth Lee-Washington collaboration as director and actor following “Mo’ Better Blues,” “Malcolm X,” He Got Game” and “Inside Man.”
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