Everything We Know About Highest 2 Lowest, Spike Lee's Long-Awaited Reunion With Denzel Washington

Everything We Know About Highest 2 Lowest, Spike Lee's Long-Awaited Reunion With Denzel Washington

The movie—co-starring Jeffrey Wright, Ice Spice, and A$AP Rocky and based on Akira Kurosawa's 1963 classic High and Low— opens next month at the Cannes Film Festival.

Cannes Chief Thierry Fremaux Confirms Spike Lee’s ‘Highest 2 Lowest’ Premiere With Denzel Washington, Explains Why Film Wasn’t in Lineup Reveal: ‘Wanted to Be Cautious’

It wasn’t wishful thinking — Spike Lee’s “Highest 2 Lowest” will officially premiere out of competition at Cannes Film Festival, artistic director Thierry Fremaux has confirmed to Variety. The legendary director posted the news on his Instagram Thursday morning, just over an hour after the festival’s official lineup announcement, which did not include “Highest 2 Lowest.” Lee’s reimagining of Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 crime thriller “High and Low…