NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Nearly 20 years after their last collaboration, and are reuniting for an adaptation of Akira Kurosawa's 鈥淗igh and Low.鈥�
Apple Original Films announced Thursday that it is co-financing the film, which A24 will release theatrically before it streams on Apple TV+. It marks Lee and Washington's first film together since 2006's 鈥淚nside Man.鈥� Their previous films include 鈥淢o鈥� Better Blues,鈥� 鈥淢alcolm X" and 鈥淗e Got Game."
Kurosawa's 鈥淗igh and Low,鈥� released in 1963 and starring Toshiro Mifune, was adapted from the Ed McBain novel 鈥淜ing's Ransom.鈥� The film, a potent thriller rich in class commentary, follows a wealthy industrialist targeted by kidnappers.
Filming starts in March.
The Associated Press
