A$AP Rocky is making strikes along with his movie profession: The rapper is starring in “Highest 2 Lowest,” Spike Lee‘s upcoming reimagining of Akira Kurosawa’s “Excessive and Low” that additionally stars Denzel Washington.
A$AP Rocky’s casting was rumored after set photographs circulated of him in character as Yung Felon. A person with data of the venture has now confirmed to IndieWire that A$AP Rocky may have a number one position in function. Jeffrey Wright, Ilfenesh Hadera, and Ice Spice are additionally listed as starring within the movie.
“Highest 2 Lowest” is ready as an Apple Authentic movie, in partnership with A24 which plans to launch the movie theatrically earlier than it streams on Apple TV+. This would be the first time that Washington and Lee will work collectively since 2006’s “Inside Man.” In whole, it’s their fifth movie collectively along with “Mo’ Higher Blues,” “Malcolm X,” and “He Obtained Sport.”
The duo reunite with producer Todd Black, who produced Washington’s “Fences,” “Ma Rainey’s Black Backside,” and “The Equalizer” movies. Alan Fox wrote the screenplay with director Lee, who will government produce by his 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks banner.
Kurosawa’s “Excessive and Low” starred Toshiro Mifune as a cobbler who’s extorted after his chauffeur’s son is kidnapped by mistake and held for ransom.
A$AP Rocky, whose actual title is Rakim Mayers, made his appearing debut in 2015 coming-of-age movie “Dope.” He went on to seem “Zoolander 2” (2016) and extra, together with a brief movie with accomplice Rihanna.
It’s unclear how his position as Yung Felon in “Highest 2 Lowest” pertains to the unique Kurosawa plot. Lee did observe that A$AP Rocky may have the “principal position” within the function, although.
“This isn’t a remake, this can be a reinterpretation of Akira Kurosawa’s nice movie,” Lee instructed Deadline. “In Kurosawa’s movie, Toshiro Mifune is a shoemaker. In our movie Denzel Washington is a music mogul along with his personal label and his fame as the most effective ears within the enterprise. So, that is the fifth movie with the dynamic duo.”
And A$AP Rocky will not be the one rapper to be collaborating with A24: Tyler, The Creator is making his appearing debut in director Josh Safdie’s “Marty Supreme” on the indie studio. “Marty Supreme” will probably be Safdie’s first movie since “Uncut Gems.”