{"id":303576,"date":"2025-05-21T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/es\/?p=355075"},"modified":"2025-07-01T14:36:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T21:36:31","slug":"spike-lee-confirms-that-he-will-not-work-again-with-one-of-his-favorite-actors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/spike-lee-confirms-that-he-will-not-work-again-with-one-of-his-favorite-actors\/","title":{"rendered":"Spike Lee confirms that he will not work again with one of his favorite actors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Spike Lee has stated that he will probably not collaborate with Denzel Washington again after their fifth joint film, titled Highest 2 Lowest. During a press conference at the Cannes Film Festival, Lee expressed that their creative partnership has been a blessing, but this could be the end of the road. &#8220;I don&#8217;t know if we are going to make more [films]; I think this is it: five,&#8221; the director said.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A reinterpretation of an absolute classic of Japanese cinema<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>Highest 2 Lowest, which premieres in theaters on August 22 and will be available on Apple TV+ on September 5, is a reinterpretation of the classic film High and Low by Akira Kurosawa. <strong>Since their first collaboration in 1990 with Mo&#8217; Better Blues, the pair has worked on iconic works such as Malcolm X, He Got Game, and Inside Man<\/strong>. However, Lee has noted that Washington&#8217;s recent comments about a possible retirement have influenced his decision to end this fruitful collaboration.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Highest 2 Lowest \u2014 Official Teaser | Apple TV+\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N4cgw8aOJBw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Denzel Washington has given hints about his future in the film industry, mentioning that he plans to retire after completing certain projects. <strong>Among them are a historical drama about the Carthaginian general Hannibal and an adaptation of his Broadway production, Othello<\/strong>. Additionally, he has expressed interest in participating in Black Panther 3, although there are no guarantees of his inclusion in the project. Nate Moore, the film&#8217;s producer, has also expressed his desire to have Washington in the Marvel Universe, although it is still unknown how the plans will develop.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Despite his possible retirement, Washington has clarified that he will not completely leave cinema, but will reduce his workload and focus on projects that interest him. <strong>&#8220;I am not retiring. 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During a press conference at the Cannes Film Festival, Lee expressed that their creative partnership has been a blessing, but this could be the end of the road. &#8220;I don&#8217;t know if we&#8217;re going to make more [films]; I think this is it: five,&#8221; the director said. A reinterpretation of an absolute classic of Japanese cinema, Highest 2 Lowest, which premieres in theaters on August 22 and will be available on Apple TV+ on September 5, [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9318,"featured_media":303577,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[5343,3860,11560,11561,11562,11563,11564,11565],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6869],"class_list":["post-303576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-akira-kurosawa","tag-apple-tv","tag-denzel-washington","tag-festival-de-cannes","tag-high-and-low","tag-highest-2-lowest","tag-mo-better-blues","tag-spike-lee","content-category-streaming-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9318"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=303576"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":303584,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303576\/revisions\/303584"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/303577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=303576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=303576"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=303576"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=303576"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=303576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}