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20-05-2025
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Spike Lee's Denzel Washington Pic ‘Highest 2 Lowest' Scores Six-Minute Ovation At Cannes Premiere
Spike Lee returned to the Cannes Film Festival Official Selection tonight with his latest feature, Highest 2 Lowest, which is running in the Out of Competition strand. Starring Denzel Washington, Jeffrey Wright, A$AP Rocky and Ilfenesh Hadera, the Akira Kurosawa-inspired crime thriller garnered a six-minute ovation at its world premiere. Highest 2 Lowest is a modern reinterpretation of Kurosawa's 1963 classic High and Low, which was itself based on the novel King's Ransom by Ed McBain. While the original follows a shoe company exec who becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped by mistake and held for ransom, the new film, set in contemporary New York City, sees a music mogul played by Washington contend with a similar plot. More from Deadline Denzel Washington Gets Surprise Honorary Palme d'Or At Cannes Ahead Of 'Highest 2 Lowest' Premiere Cannes Film Festival Photos Day 7: Spike Lee, Denzel Washington, Dakota Johnson 'Highest 2 Lowest' & 'Splitsville' Premieres 'Eagles Of The Republic' Review: The Terrific Fares Fares Stars In Tarik Saleh's Precision-Tooled Political Thriller - Cannes Film Festival From Apple and A24, the film reunites Lee and Washington for the first time since Inside Man back in 2006. The duo has also previously worked together on Mo' Better Blues, Malcolm X and He Got Game. Ahead of the Highest 2 Lowest premiere, Washington received a surprise honorary Palme d' is Lee's sixth time in the Cannes Official Selection and marks 36 years to the day since his first appearance — for 1989's Do the Right Thing. His other titles are Jungle Fever (1991), Girl 6 (1996), Ten Minutes Older (2002) and BlacKkKlansman (2018). Highest 2 Lowest's berth in Cannes was unveiled by Lee on the same day the Official Selection was announced but did not include his film. At the time, the fest explained, 'The film was not announced this morning due to one final piece of information we were awaiting — the confirmation of Denzel Washington's presence at Cannes.' RELATED: Washington was indeed in the house this evening — and he got a big surprise from the festival: an honorary Palme d'Or. 'It's a kind of way for us to tell you our adoration, what you have done in cinema,' festival chief Thierry Frémaux said in announced the prize. Slated to hit select theaters August 22 before arriving on Apple TV+ on September 5, Highest 2 Lowest is written by Alan Fox and Lee. Todd Black produced for Escape Artists, alongside Jason Michael Berman for Mandalay Pictures. Exec producers included Lee for 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, and Mandalay's Peter Guber, as well as Juniper Productions' Matthew Lindner, Chris Brigham, and Katia Washington. Mandalay's Jordan Moldo served as co-producer. Erik Pedersen contributed to this report. Best of Deadline Sean 'Diddy' Combs Sex-Trafficking Trial Updates: Cassie Ventura's Testimony, $10M Hotel Settlement, Drugs, Violence, & The Feds All The 'Mission: Impossible' Movies In Order - See Tom Cruise's 30-Year Journey As Ethan Hunt Denzel Washington's Career In Pictures: From 'Carbon Copy' To 'The Equalizer 3'
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15-05-2025
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Netflix Sets Zoey Deutch & Nick Robinson For Leah McKendrick-Helmed ‘Voicemails For Isabelle'
EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has set a July start date in Vancouver for Voicemails For Isabelle, an original romcom written and to be directed by Leah McKendrick and starring Zoey Deutch and Nick Robinson. Latter's deal is being wrapped up. Escape Artists is the production company, and Becky Sanderman is producing with Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal and Steve Tisch. More from Deadline Netflix's Newfoundland Limited Series Sets Directing Team 'Narnia's Short Theatrical-To-Netflix Window Won't Cannibalize Imax B.O., CEO Rich Gelfond Says Justin Willman Set To Unveil Netflix's First-Ever Magic Comedy Special 'Magic Lover' In June Deutch will play a young woman copes with her sister's death by leaving her voicemails chronicling her chaotic life in San Francisco. When the number is unknowingly reassigned, an elusive Austin real estate agent begins receiving the hilariously confessional messages. McKendrick is a Nicaraguan-Irish multi-hyphenate from San Francisco. In addition to Voicemails for Isabelle, she also wrote, directed, and starred in the fertility comedy Scrambled, which premiered at SXSW and was released theatrically by Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions. Up next, she is writing and directing her very own Universal monster movie produced by James Wan for Atomic Monster and Blumhouse. Best of Deadline Where To Watch All The 'Mission: Impossible' Movies: Streamers With Multiple Films In The Franchise Everything We Know About 'My Life With The Walter Boys' Season 2 So Far 'Bridgerton' Season 4: Everything We Know So Far
