Denzel Washington to collect with Spike Lee for the “highest 2 most”: “We took where we left” -IndiWire

Between “Mo” Better Blues “,” Malcolm X “,” He has a game “and” Inside Man “, Denzel Washington and Spike Lee had more than enough opportunities to collaborate with each They could not allow more time to go without making at least one more project together.

The actor and the author gathered again for the first time in almost 20 years for the upcoming crime movie “Highest 2 Largest”. The project is inspired by Akira Kurosawa’s “High and Low”, which included Toshiro Mifune as a rich Japanese businessman who is caught in a cat and mouse with a sadistic kidnapper. The movie filmed last year in New York and is expected to be released sometime in 2025. Speaking in a recent interview with The New York Times, Washington expressed his joy of getting up with Lee again, though he had not felt much time at all S

“I didn’t feel like 20 years old,” he said. “There was the feeling that we had gotten up where we were left.”

It also seems that their shared work may not be done with the “highest 2 largest”, as Washington quickly said he would be ready for anything Lee threw to him further.

“Spike is constantly Spike and I love it for him,” Washington said. “And I like to work with him and I would work with him again. I just like the way his brain works. “

In a separate interview in Variety of December 2024, Lee described the “highest 2 lowest” as “rethinking the great Kurosava”, not as a complete remake. He also shared his enthusiasm for getting Washington again and felt like it’s not past time.

“We are brothers. It’s been 18 years since we made our last movie together. This is a precipice. But I was surprised that he didn’t feel that way, “Lee said. “I am very blessed that I have worked with him in five films. We don’t have to sit and watch. We just do things. “

“The highest 2 lowest” also reunite Lee and Washington with their “Inside Man” Cinematography, Matthew Libatique, whose latest Lee movie was “Chi-RAQ” from 2015. Ilfenesh hadera also featured in the cast , Jeffrey Wright, A $ AP Rocky and Spice Ice Spice. The movie has not yet been set for the release.