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Asap Rocky Lands The ‘Main Role’ In Spike Lee’s Upcoming Film ‘Highest 2 Lowest’

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The official release date for Asap Rocky’s album Don’t Be Dumb is up in the air. But, there is a more certain project featuring the “Tailor Swif” rapper on the way.

According to Deadline, Asap Rocky’s return to film is approaching. During a sit down with outlet acclaimed director Spike Lee confirmed Asap Rocky’s involvement in his forthcoming film, Highest 2 Lowest.

In Lee’s words, Rocky will star in the picture’s “main role.” Others slated to appear in the film include Ice Spice (which was announced in April), Ilfenesh Hadera, Jeffrey Wright, and Denzel Washington.

Although Lee is remaining tight-lipped about the film’s production details, he wants to stress it is not a remake.

“This is not a remake,” he told the outlet. “This is a reinterpretation of Akira Kurosawa’s great film.”

Lee continue to detail the differences between the works, saying: “In Kurosawa’s film, Toshiro Mifune is a shoemaker. In our film Denzel Washington is a music mogul with his own label and his reputation as the best ears in the business. So, this is the fifth film with the dynamic duo.”

If Don’t Be Dumb isn’t out by then, maybe Asap Rocky can cook up a soundtrack for the picture.

Jeffrey Wright Joins Season 2 of HBO Hit Series ‘The Last of Us’

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Jeffrey Wright Joins Season 2 of HBO Hit Series ‘The Last of Us’

Academy Award nominee Jeffrey Wright has joined the cast of The Last of Us season 2 to portray the live-action version of Isaac, the character he voiced in the video game series. Isaac is the leader of the Washington Liberation Front, a militia group initially fighting for liberty but now facing a different battle in a post-Clicker world.

According to Deadline, Wright isn’t the only new addition to the cast. The second season will also feature Gabriel Luna, Isabela Merced, Young Mazino, Kaitlyn Dever, and Catherine O’Hara, alongside returning stars Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey. Additionally, Tati Gabrielle was reported to be joining the cast.

Series creators, Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann, have are enthusiastic about their commitment to please both video game fans and live-action series fans by casting the game’s voice actors in the show. Smart move. To that point, Merle Dandridge, who played Marlene in the video game, reprised her role in the first season.

Speaking about The Last of Us Part II, Druckmann told GQ, “Some of the stuff I’m most excited for [in Part 2] are the changes we’ve discussed and seeing the story come to life again in this other version. And I think it’s exciting because it leans into those feelings you had from the game, really heavily, in a new way.” The creators have revealed that there will be more than one season to cover the storyline in The Last of Us Part II.

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Spike Lee’s ‘High and Low’ Adds Jeffrey Wright and Ilfenesh Hadera to Star Opposite Denzel Washington

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Spike Lee’s ‘High and Low’ Adds Jeffrey Wright and Ilfenesh Hadera to Star Opposite Denzel Washington

The stars keep adding on for Spike Lee’s newest film from A24 and Apple Studios. Award nominees Jeffrey Wright and Ilfenesh Hadera from Godfather of Harlem are set to star in High and Low alongside icon Denzel Washington. I mean, Wright and Washington, on-screen together, already seems like an amazing one-two punch. Hadera’s addition makes the top-line cast even more enjoyable. 

Lee’s High and Low is being developed and produced by A24, best known for its slate of thought-provoking and award-worthy films. Escape Artists and Mandalay Pictures are also producing. Alan Fox and Lee wrote the film. Billed as a thriller and described as the “English-language reinterpretation of Akira Kurosawa’s crime thriller,” it begins production this month.

Thankfully, A24 is releasing the film in theaters before launching at a later date on Apple TV+.

Todd Black for Escape Artists and Jason Michael Berman for Mandalay Pictures are producers.

Lee is serving as executive producer through his long-standing 40 Acres And A Mule Filmworks. Mandalay’s Peter Guber is serving as executive producer, along with Juniper Productions’ Matthew Lindner, Chris Brigham, and Katia Washington. Mandalay’s Jordan Moldo is in as co-producer.

High and Low marks Washington’s second Apple Original Films project after his performance in The Tragedy of Macbeth. But get this: it’s the fifth Lee-Washington collaboration as director and actor following Mo’ Better Blues, Malcolm X, He Got Game, and Inside Man. I don’t know about you, but we’re excited for what’s to come with this one. 

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