Kurosawa’s film follows a wealthy executive who becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur’s son is kidnapped by mistake and held for ransom. Lee’s upcoming English-language remake will be loosely based on the original and it’s been described as a reinterpretation.

Lee and Washington have been plotting their next collaboration since last spring but briefly tabled the idea in the face of the Hollywood disputes last year. This marks their first collaboration since Inside Man in 2006 and fifth overall, following the success of Malcolm X, He Got Game, and Mo’ Better Blues.

High and Low will also reunite Washington with A24 and Apple Original Films for the second time, following the success of The Tragedy of Macbeth. A24 developed the film alongside Escape Artists and Mandalay Pictures, and they’ll handle its theatrical release before its global launch on Apple TV+.

Spike Lee is coming on board as one of the executive producers through 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks banner, in addition to directing this project and co-writing it with Alan Fox.

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The Carthaginian warrior Hannibal went down in history as a skilled military tactician. He’s best known for invading Italy by crossing the Alps atop North African elephants, and his victories against the Roman Empire became the stuff of legends.

According to the film’s official logline, this historical epic is “based on real-life warrior Hannibal, who is widely regarded as one of the greatest military commanders in history” and it covers the pivotal battles he led against the Roman Republic during the Second Punic War.

Playing Hannibal is a realization of a lifelong dream for Washington, who decided to put it on the back burner for 20 years because he didn’t want to be away from his kids for too long. The three-time Oscar nominee and Gladiator scribe John Logan will be in charge of writing the script, while Antoine Fuqua is on board as the director. His collaboration with Washington kicked off with Training Day in 2001 and they most recently teamed up for the Equalizer franchise.

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Washington’s casting in this film is a huge deal since he’s famously picky about his projects. Deadline reported that he initially read the script and agreed to meet with Scott after being impressed by the role he wrote with him in mind. Washington officially came on board after being impressed by Scott’s pitch.

Washington and Scott already showed the world that they’re a match made in heaven all the way back in 2007. Washington starred in Scott’s crime drama American Gangster, which grossed $265 million worldwide. He also appeared in several films by the director’s late brother Tony Scott, including Crimson Tide, Man on Fire, Deja Vu, The Taking of Pelham 123, and Unstoppable.

Washington will be in pretty good company on the set of The Gladiator sequel since the cast also includes the recent Oscar nominees Paul Mescal and Barry Keoghan. The film’s release date has recently been announced, and it will hit the theatres on November 22, 2024, just ahead of Thanksgiving.

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Based on one of William Shakespeare’s most popular plays, The Tragedy of Macbeth centers on a Scottish lord who receives a prophecy that he’ll soon become the next King of Scotland. His ambitious wife supports him in his attempts to seize power, but his guilt comes to haunt him down the line.

Macbeth has been adapted on countless occasions in the past, but Joel Coen probably felt quite strongly that he has something new to bring to the table. The Tragedy of Macbeth will be the first movie that he directed solo, without his brother and filmmaking partner Ethan Coen.

In addition to Washington and McDormand in the leads, this movie will also star Corey Hawkins, Moses Ingram, Brendan Gleeson, and Harry Melling. The atmospheric first trailer doesn’t reveal much of the plot, but we’ll learn more about it after its world premiere at the New York Film Festival. The Tragedy of Macbeth will have a limited release in theaters on December 25th, before heading to Apple TV+ on January 14th.

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All three stars of the film are Oscar winners—Malek won the best actor award for his portrayal of Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody, Leto won the best-supporting actor award for Dallas Buyer’s Club, and Washington won the best actor for Training Day and best-supporting actor in Glory.

The psychological thriller from writer-director John Lee Hancock, features Washington as Kern County Deputy Sheriff Joe “Deke” Deacon, who is tracking a serial killer who’s terrorizing Los Angeles. Malek plays L.A. Sheriff Dept. Sergeant Jim Baxter, who’s leading the investigation. Leto plays the prime suspect who Deacon and Baxter are chasing after.

The rest of the cast includes Natalie Morales, Terry Kinney, Chris Bauer, Joris Jarsky, Isabel Arraiza, and Michael Hyatt. The Little Things is produced by Oscar-winner producer Mark Johnson and Hancock. Mike Drake and Kevin McCormick serve as executive producers.

The Little Things debuts in theaters and HBO Max on January 29, 2021.

Watch the trailer below.

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Based on the upcoming Rumaan Alam novel, the film tells the story of two families who are strangers to each other and are forced to spend a long weekend together that ends up going wrong. Race, parenthood, and class will be explored in the story.

Roberts is set to play the mother of the family that rents a house and Washington will play the homeowner.

Sam Esmail (Mr. Robot and Homecoming) is directing from his own adapted script. Along with starring in Leave the World Behind, Washington and Roberts are producing with Esmail and Chad Hamilton.

Roberts has previously worked with both Washington and Esmail—she starred with Washington in the 1993 legal thriller The Pelican Brief and she worked with Esmail on the first season of Amazon’s Homecoming.

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The duo is working on the forthcoming adaptation of Wilson’s award-winning play Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom for Netflix. The news was announced Wednesday by the streaming giant. 

Davis will star opposite Chadwick Boseman in the Washington-produced project. Emmy winner Glynn Turman, Tony, and Olivier nominee Colman Domingo and Michael Potts round out the cast.

The story follows Ma Rainey, a blues singer in 1927 Chicago as she records her new album. Then tensions boil over between her, her white agent and producer and the bandmates.

George C. Wolfe is set to direct from a script by Ruben Santiago-Hudson. Washington is producing alongside Todd Black and Dany Wolf. Constanza Romero is executive producing and Branford Marsalis has been set as the composer.

This isn’t the first time Davis nor Washington have worked on a Wilson screen adaptation. The two starred in the 2010 revival of Wilson’s Fences on Broadway and then starred in the 2016 acclaimed film adaptation of the play for which Davis won an Academy Award. 

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We hardly think of Denzel Washington as an idiot, but he does appear to be joining the latest telling of Macbeth.

The Scottish play is once again receiving a big screen adaptation — this time by one half of the Coen Brothers, Joel Cohen.

Macbeth was last brought to screen in 2015 when Assassins Creed actor Michael Fassbender and La Vie en Rose actress Marion Cotillard starred alongside each other as Macbeth and Lady Macbeth.

Coen has cast his wife, Oscar winner Frances McDormand, in his adaptation following her portrayal of Lady Macbeth on stage in a 2016 production by the Berkeley Repertory Theatre.

Washington is now believed to be in discussions to join the project which is also being written by Coen and produced by Scott Rudin.

What’s done cannot be undone.

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Washington will be the 47th recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award, which honors individuals for their “lifetime contribution to enriching American culture through motion pictures and television.” The first award was presented in 1973 to director John Ford, with Meryl Streep, Mel Brooks, Robert De Niro, and Alfred Hitchcock being among the winners as well. Actor and director George Clooney was last year’s honoree.

“Denzel Washington is an American icon,” said Howard Stringer, chair of the AFI Board of Trustees, after announcing the 2018 honoree. “As an actor, he stands tall as a heroic, stoic embodiment of the best in all of us, and he does so with heart, humanity, and one of the brightest smiles to ever light up the screen. Equally formidable as director and producer, he is a creative force to be reckoned with — and one of the most vital, relevant artists working today. AFI is proud to present him with its 47th Life Achievement Award.”

Through his successful acting career, Denzel Washington received numerous other awards including two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe awards, and a Tony Award. His best-known works include movies Glory, Malcolm X, The Hurricane, Remember the Titans, Training Day, and American Gangster.

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Kurosawa’s film follows a wealthy executive who becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur’s son is kidnapped by mistake and held for ransom. Lee’s upcoming English-language remake will be loosely based on the original and it’s been described as a reinterpretation.

Lee and Washington have been plotting their next collaboration since last spring but briefly tabled the idea in the face of the Hollywood disputes last year. This marks their first collaboration since Inside Man in 2006 and fifth overall, following the success of Malcolm X, He Got Game, and Mo’ Better Blues.

High and Low will also reunite Washington with A24 and Apple Original Films for the second time, following the success of The Tragedy of Macbeth. A24 developed the film alongside Escape Artists and Mandalay Pictures, and they’ll handle its theatrical release before its global launch on Apple TV+.

Spike Lee is coming on board as one of the executive producers through 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks banner, in addition to directing this project and co-writing it with Alan Fox.

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The Carthaginian warrior Hannibal went down in history as a skilled military tactician. He’s best known for invading Italy by crossing the Alps atop North African elephants, and his victories against the Roman Empire became the stuff of legends.

According to the film’s official logline, this historical epic is “based on real-life warrior Hannibal, who is widely regarded as one of the greatest military commanders in history” and it covers the pivotal battles he led against the Roman Republic during the Second Punic War.

Playing Hannibal is a realization of a lifelong dream for Washington, who decided to put it on the back burner for 20 years because he didn’t want to be away from his kids for too long. The three-time Oscar nominee and Gladiator scribe John Logan will be in charge of writing the script, while Antoine Fuqua is on board as the director. His collaboration with Washington kicked off with Training Day in 2001 and they most recently teamed up for the Equalizer franchise.

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Washington’s casting in this film is a huge deal since he’s famously picky about his projects. Deadline reported that he initially read the script and agreed to meet with Scott after being impressed by the role he wrote with him in mind. Washington officially came on board after being impressed by Scott’s pitch.

Washington and Scott already showed the world that they’re a match made in heaven all the way back in 2007. Washington starred in Scott’s crime drama American Gangster, which grossed $265 million worldwide. He also appeared in several films by the director’s late brother Tony Scott, including Crimson Tide, Man on Fire, Deja Vu, The Taking of Pelham 123, and Unstoppable.

Washington will be in pretty good company on the set of The Gladiator sequel since the cast also includes the recent Oscar nominees Paul Mescal and Barry Keoghan. The film’s release date has recently been announced, and it will hit the theatres on November 22, 2024, just ahead of Thanksgiving.

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Based on one of William Shakespeare’s most popular plays, The Tragedy of Macbeth centers on a Scottish lord who receives a prophecy that he’ll soon become the next King of Scotland. His ambitious wife supports him in his attempts to seize power, but his guilt comes to haunt him down the line.

Macbeth has been adapted on countless occasions in the past, but Joel Coen probably felt quite strongly that he has something new to bring to the table. The Tragedy of Macbeth will be the first movie that he directed solo, without his brother and filmmaking partner Ethan Coen.

In addition to Washington and McDormand in the leads, this movie will also star Corey Hawkins, Moses Ingram, Brendan Gleeson, and Harry Melling. The atmospheric first trailer doesn’t reveal much of the plot, but we’ll learn more about it after its world premiere at the New York Film Festival. The Tragedy of Macbeth will have a limited release in theaters on December 25th, before heading to Apple TV+ on January 14th.

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All three stars of the film are Oscar winners—Malek won the best actor award for his portrayal of Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody, Leto won the best-supporting actor award for Dallas Buyer’s Club, and Washington won the best actor for Training Day and best-supporting actor in Glory.

The psychological thriller from writer-director John Lee Hancock, features Washington as Kern County Deputy Sheriff Joe “Deke” Deacon, who is tracking a serial killer who’s terrorizing Los Angeles. Malek plays L.A. Sheriff Dept. Sergeant Jim Baxter, who’s leading the investigation. Leto plays the prime suspect who Deacon and Baxter are chasing after.

The rest of the cast includes Natalie Morales, Terry Kinney, Chris Bauer, Joris Jarsky, Isabel Arraiza, and Michael Hyatt. The Little Things is produced by Oscar-winner producer Mark Johnson and Hancock. Mike Drake and Kevin McCormick serve as executive producers.

The Little Things debuts in theaters and HBO Max on January 29, 2021.

Watch the trailer below.

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Based on the upcoming Rumaan Alam novel, the film tells the story of two families who are strangers to each other and are forced to spend a long weekend together that ends up going wrong. Race, parenthood, and class will be explored in the story.

Roberts is set to play the mother of the family that rents a house and Washington will play the homeowner.

Sam Esmail (Mr. Robot and Homecoming) is directing from his own adapted script. Along with starring in Leave the World Behind, Washington and Roberts are producing with Esmail and Chad Hamilton.

Roberts has previously worked with both Washington and Esmail—she starred with Washington in the 1993 legal thriller The Pelican Brief and she worked with Esmail on the first season of Amazon’s Homecoming.

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The duo is working on the forthcoming adaptation of Wilson’s award-winning play Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom for Netflix. The news was announced Wednesday by the streaming giant. 

Davis will star opposite Chadwick Boseman in the Washington-produced project. Emmy winner Glynn Turman, Tony, and Olivier nominee Colman Domingo and Michael Potts round out the cast.

The story follows Ma Rainey, a blues singer in 1927 Chicago as she records her new album. Then tensions boil over between her, her white agent and producer and the bandmates.

George C. Wolfe is set to direct from a script by Ruben Santiago-Hudson. Washington is producing alongside Todd Black and Dany Wolf. Constanza Romero is executive producing and Branford Marsalis has been set as the composer.

This isn’t the first time Davis nor Washington have worked on a Wilson screen adaptation. The two starred in the 2010 revival of Wilson’s Fences on Broadway and then starred in the 2016 acclaimed film adaptation of the play for which Davis won an Academy Award. 

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We hardly think of Denzel Washington as an idiot, but he does appear to be joining the latest telling of Macbeth.

The Scottish play is once again receiving a big screen adaptation — this time by one half of the Coen Brothers, Joel Cohen.

Macbeth was last brought to screen in 2015 when Assassins Creed actor Michael Fassbender and La Vie en Rose actress Marion Cotillard starred alongside each other as Macbeth and Lady Macbeth.

Coen has cast his wife, Oscar winner Frances McDormand, in his adaptation following her portrayal of Lady Macbeth on stage in a 2016 production by the Berkeley Repertory Theatre.

Washington is now believed to be in discussions to join the project which is also being written by Coen and produced by Scott Rudin.

What’s done cannot be undone.

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Washington will be the 47th recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award, which honors individuals for their “lifetime contribution to enriching American culture through motion pictures and television.” The first award was presented in 1973 to director John Ford, with Meryl Streep, Mel Brooks, Robert De Niro, and Alfred Hitchcock being among the winners as well. Actor and director George Clooney was last year’s honoree.

“Denzel Washington is an American icon,” said Howard Stringer, chair of the AFI Board of Trustees, after announcing the 2018 honoree. “As an actor, he stands tall as a heroic, stoic embodiment of the best in all of us, and he does so with heart, humanity, and one of the brightest smiles to ever light up the screen. Equally formidable as director and producer, he is a creative force to be reckoned with — and one of the most vital, relevant artists working today. AFI is proud to present him with its 47th Life Achievement Award.”

Through his successful acting career, Denzel Washington received numerous other awards including two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe awards, and a Tony Award. His best-known works include movies Glory, Malcolm X, The Hurricane, Remember the Titans, Training Day, and American Gangster.

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