Highest 2 Lowest” reunites Spike Lee with Denzel Washington, but the director’s Colin Kaepernick documentary has been canceled due to creative differences.

The strangest development saga of any movie this summer includes A-list writers and directors (Mamet, Scorsese) coming and going, and studios spending millions trying to hone the right script. Then, a young producer and first-time screenwriter cracked the code and got Denzel Washington's attention.