Ice Spice once said: How can I lose if I’m already chose? …Like!
….and now we are like ….”Sh*t you right!” because little sis is not slowing down any time soon!
According to an exclusive with Variety Ice Spice is set to appear in Spike Lee‘s upcoming English-language reinterpretation of the Akira Kurosawa crime thriller “High and Low.”
“High and Low” will mark Ice Spice’s acting debut, and she’s already begun shooting for the project starring Denzel Washington.
The rapper gained rapid fame after dropping her breakthrough single, “Munch (Feelin’ U),” and collaborating with artists like Pink Pantheress, Nicki Minaj, and Taylor Swift.
She scored four Grammy nominations this year, including Best Rap Song and Best New Artist.
Ice Spice is set to release her debut studio album, “Y2K,” later this year.
This marks the fifth collaboration between Washington and Lee, their first since 2006’s “Inside Man.”
Apple Original Films and A24 are teaming up for this project, set to debut theatrically via A24 before its global release on AppleTV+.
A tweet from Apple Original Films on Wednesday revealed a photo of Washington and Lee, signaling the official start of production for the project.
No. 5 now in production pic.twitter.com/H3hB0U4bLi
— Apple Original Films (@AppleFilms) April 10, 2024
Developed and produced by A24, Escape Artists and Mandalay Pictures, “High and Low” features a script written by Lee and Alan Fox.
The feature will be produced by Todd Black (“Emancipation,” “The Equalizer” films) for Escape Artists and Jason Michael Berman (“Air,” “Nine Days”) for Mandalay Pictures. Lee will also serve as executive producer through his 40 Acres And A Mule Filmworks. Mandalay’s Peter Guber will executive produce, along with Juniper Productions’ Matthew Lindner, Chris Brigham, and Katia Washington. Mandalay’s Jordan Moldo is co-producing.
Lee and Washington previously collaborated on “Mo’ Better Blues,” “Malcolm X,” “He Got Game” and “Inside Man.” It also marks the latest project for Washington with Todd Black following collaborations on “Fences,” “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and “The Equalizer” franchise.
Kurosawa’s original 1963 film starring Toshiro Mifune was based on the Ed McBain novel “King’s Ransom,” which tells the story of a businessman’s ruin following a ransom payment to kidnappers.
Ice Spice is managed by James Rosemond Jr. for Mastermind Artists. Legal representatives are Leon Morabia Esq./Mark Music & Media Law, P.C.
Denzel Washington and Ice Spice in a movie together https://t.co/oIc9V1q3jW pic.twitter.com/TBR6Q3Yhd4
— Otto Fernandez (@OttoFernandez) April 10, 2024
and
Ice Spice can't even rap , now she gonna be in a movie ? ????
— ♋️????????SLEEPY CUZZ ????????♋️ (@SuccMyDrift) April 11, 2024
and
Why are we casting Ice Spice in movie roles now? https://t.co/tb36ugpS3I pic.twitter.com/c4IbjdSjNl
— EmeraldMania ???? (@emeraldking80) April 10, 2024
and
Ice Spice in a movie with Denzel Washington and directed by Spike Lee.
She is leapfrogging the competition quietly.
— CULTURE HAUSE (@culturehause) April 11, 2024
and
ice spice in a movie was NOT on my 2024 card pic.twitter.com/VPzip39sBu
— liame ☆ (@liam3spice) April 10, 2024
