Ice Spice is set to make her acting debut in Spike Lee‘s forthcoming English-language adaptation of High & Low.
Variety confirmed the news in a report on Wednesday (April 10), revealing that the film, which will star Denzel Washington, is already in production. Apple Original Films and A24 are partnering on the project, with a planned run in movie theaters before it hits AppleTV+.
The 1963 Japanese crime film 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.
A lot of fans had been speculating that something was brewing between Ice Spice and Spike Lee back in February, when the pair met up in Brooklyn and shared the moment on social media. However, there were tons of jokes about the meeting as well.
In response to the veteran director captioning the post, “Yesterday Da Boogie Down Bronx made a visit to Brooklyn,” one person wrote: “now Spike [laughing face emojis].”
Taking the comment in a way it didn’t seem to be intended, the filmmaker replied back: “Git Ya Mind Outta Da Gutter [surprised face emoji].”
“It’s not,” the fan replied. “It’s just a pairing I wasn’t expecting.”
Another social-media user wanted to know if the Bronx native had seen Spike’s 1989 classic, Do The Right Thing.
“That Is YES,” he replied.
In other news, Ice Spice and Central Cee recently hit the studio together, after which a number of their fans suggested that the rap duo would make a cute Hip Hop power couple.
The New York City rapper posted photos on Instagram last week of her standing next to Cench in front of a mixing desk, with her back turned to the camera to put her famed derrière on full display.
Spice simply captioned the slideshow, “alright,” while her British counterpart shared one of the pictures on his own Instagram page along with the message: “Lord forgive me as I’m a sinner.”
Though there’s no reason to believe that the young rap stars were doing anything more than making music together, their studio session led to plenty of fans hoping they would hook up on more than just a record.
“They would be so cute together,” one person commented on Ice Spice’s post, while another added: “They been together a lil too much [thinking face emoji].”
Others brought up Madeline Argy, the social media influencer whois currently dating Cee, with comments like: “madeline ripping her hair out rn [crying face emoji].”
SZA also appeared excited about a collaboration between the two, writing: “Dis bout to eat.”