‘Highest 2 Lowest’ hits theaters August 15, Apple TV+ Sept. 5

Apple TV+’s latest theatrical launch, a neo-noir thriller directed by Spike Lee and starring Denzel Washington, is ready to drop on August 15.

When a younger boy is kidnapped by mistake, a legendary music mogul has to determine if he is the one who ought to pay the ransom. “Highest 2 Lowest” reimagines Akira Kurosawa’s “Excessive and Low” by means of the lens of the trendy music business.

Denzel Washington stars as music mogul David King. The movie additionally stars ASAP Rocky, Ice Spice, Jeffrey Wright, Ilfenesh Hadera, and Dean Winters.

The movie is ready for a theatrical launch on August 15, with a subsequent launch on Apple TV on September 5.

Directed by Spike Lee, “Highest 2 Lowest” marks the fifth collaboration between Lee and Washington, following “Inside Man,” “He Acquired Recreation,” “Malcolm X,” and “Mo’ Higher Blues.” Based on Folks, it may very well be the pair’s final movie collectively — assuming that Washington is severe about retiring.

As of proper now, this seems to be one among Apple’s final theatrical releases — at the very least in the interim. Apple not too long ago launched “F1: The Film,” to theaters, which rapidly grew to become the tech big’s highest-grossing theater launch.