Overview

• Spike Lee announced on Instagram that his film ‘Highest 2 Lowest’ will premiere at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival in the out-of-competition category.
• The film, a reinterpretation of Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 thriller ‘High and Low,’ stars Denzel Washington in his fifth collaboration with Lee.
• Despite not being included in Cannes’ official lineup, the film was later confirmed to be part of the festival’s program.
• ‘Highest 2 Lowest’ is backed by Apple Original Films and A24, with a theatrical release planned before streaming on AppleTV+.
• The film adapts Kurosawa’s themes of extortion and moral dilemmas to a modern setting, with Washington playing a music mogul.