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Denzel Washington and Spike Lee are reuniting for their fifth film together. The actor and the veteran filmmaker, who last collaborated on `Inside Man` (2006), are now partnering on `High and Low.` The crime thriller is an English language reinterpretation of Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 film of the same name. Starring Toshiro Mifune, Kurosawa’s classic was based on Ed McBain’s novel, King’s Ransom, which chronicles the ruin of a businessman following a ransom payment to kidnappers. Lee and…

Spike Lee and Denzel Washington are teaming up for the fifth time, reimagining Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 crime drama High and Low.The pair, whose previous projects include Malcolm X and He Got Game, will start filming a reinterpretation in March. Based on the novel King’s Ransom by Ed McBain, the original film stars Toshiro Mifune as a wealthy man in ruin after paying the ransom for a kidnapping.The story also served as the inspiration for Steven Soderbergh’s 2023 miniseries Full Circle. In 2008, it was reported that Martin…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeDenzel Washington’s casting as the ancient Carthaginian general Hannibal has sparked controversy in Tunisia, where the military commander was born.It was announced last month that Washington will reunite with director Antoine Fuqua for the Netflix historical epic. Washington won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Fuqua’s 2001 crime thriller Training Day.However, according…

Denzel Washington’s “The Equalizer 3” became one of his most famous movies in 2023. How about a few more of his masterpieces? ( Photo Credit – IMDb ) Denzel Hayes Washington Jr., more commonly known as Denzel Washington, is quite possibly one of the greatest American actors to ever live, and for good reason. The two-time Academy Award winner and the 10-time Academy Award nominee is known for his stellar and impressionable acting that leaves a lasting mark on the viewers. And, let’s admit it, he has an absolutely golden…

Since Training Day, Denzel Washington and Antoine Fuqua have proven to be a winning team. They scored another box office success with the threequel The Equalizer 3. Now the successful duo is gearing up for another movie collaboration. As awesome as the project sounds, it’s a blow to fellow Hollywood A-lister Vin Diesel, who’s been trying to get a project about the same character off the ground for years.(Image credit: Sony Pictures)Denzel Washington Is Finally Gearing Up For An Epic Biopic It was previously announced the…

Hollywood star Denzel Washington is set to play Hannibal in a new film. The 68-year-old Hollywood legend will reunite with Antoine Fuqua - who directed him in 2001 movie `Training Day`, for which Washington won an Oscar. He will also produce the film alongside Fuqua, Erik Olsen and Adam Goldworm, according to Deadline. John Logan will pen the script, and Jeremy Lott and Frank Rodriguez Moll are to executive produce the movie, reports ‘Female First UK’. Hannibal commanded the forces of Carthage in their…

Denzel Washington Once Refused To Kiss Julia Roberts For The Movie The Pelican Brief (Photo Credit – Instagram; IMDb) Academy Award-winning star Denzel Washington is a man of his word so when he refused to kiss his close friends Julia Roberts on-screen, he stuck to his promise. The actor despite sharing a good rapport with Roberts opted out of a kissing scene out of loyalty to his female African-American fans. Read on to know what he said about it. Denzel was at the height of his success and so was Julia when the two…

There are no boundaries to fans’ happiness since they heard that Denzel Washington is back for one last time as Robert McCall in The Equalizer 3 (The Threequalizer was right there, people), and this time he’s taking on the Mafia. On April 25, 2023, Sony Pictures released the anticipated trailer for ‘The Equalizer 3. This is the last chapter of the Equalizer franchise, and it was the first franchise starring the Oscar-winning actor. Antoine Fuqua has successfully launched two chapters; now he is back with a bang for the…

Photo via Keith Tsuji/Getty Images Over two decades on from the Gladiator film, which won director Ridley Scott the Academy Award for Best Picture, he is bringing us a sequel. The first film followed Russell Crowe’s character, General Maximus Decimus Meridius, as he goes up against a tyrannical emperor in the form of Joaquin Pheonix’s Commodus. Now audiences are set to return to Ancient Rome for another epic story with a new cast which includes Denzel Washington. Ever since the success of the first film, a…

Denzel Washington and Drake go way back.The actor recently appeared on Good Morning America to celebrate the 5,000th location of the Boys & Girls Club, for which he is the national spokesperson. The 68-year-old also shared an interesting story about his time with the nonprofit organization.“You just never know who you touch,” Washington said. “I met a kid in Toronto who came up and was fascinated because I was like this star, and he wanted to talk to me, and he couldn’t believe that he met me. Well, 10 or 15 years…