Ice Spice to Make Acting Debut Alongside Denzel Washington in Spike Lee's "High and Low"

American rapper Isis Naija Gaston, known professionally as Ice Spice, is making her acting debut in Spike Lee's upcoming movie "High and Low", starring Denzel Washington.

The upcoming English-language reinterpretation of the Akira Kurosawa crime thriller has already begun production.

The 24-year-old rapper, who has already begun shooting for the project, skyrocketed to fame following the release of her breakthrough single, “Munch (Feelin’ U),” and subsequent collaborations with Taylor Swift, Pink Pantheress, and Nicki Minaj.  

She was nominated for four Grammys this year, including Best Rap Song and Best New Artist. Ice Spice’s first studio album, “Y2K,” is due out this year.

The project is the fifth collaboration between Washington and Lee, and their first since 2006’s “Inside Man.” Apple Original Films and A24 are partnering on the project, which will be released theatrically by A24 before a global launch on AppleTV+.

Apple Original Films tweeted a photo of Washington and Lee on Wednesday to announce that the project had officially begun to commence.

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 movie 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.