"This is not a remake, this is a reinterpretation of Akira Kurosawa's great film," said Spike Lee of his upcoming film Highest 2 Lowest, inspired by the Japanese director's 1963 crime thriller High and Low.

A$AP Rocky will appear in Spike Lee’s upcoming movie “High and Low,” the filmmaker’s Americanized version of the 1963 Japanese crime thriller. The rapper joins a cast that includes fellow artist Ice Spice,

A$AP Rocky is making moves with his film career: The rapper is starring in “ Highest 2 Lowest ,” Spike Lee ‘s upcoming reimagining of Akira Kurosawa’s “ High and Low ” that also stars Denzel Washington.