Apple Original Films
Box Office: Matthew Vaughn and Apple’s Big-Budget ‘Argylle’ Bombs With $18M U.S. Debut
Spurned by many critics and consumers alike, Matthew Vaughn‘s pricey spy comedy Argylle bombed at the North American box office in the biggest miss to date for Apple’s theatrical ambitions. The movie opened to an estimated $18 million from 3,605 cinemas against a price tag of $200 million to $250 million, according to sources. The […]
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Apple in Talks to Land Thriller ‘The Lost Bus’ From Matthew McConaughey, Director Paul Greengrass
Apple Original Films is in talks to pick up a package for the dramatic thriller The Lost Bus that has star Matthew McConaughey and director Paul Greengrass circling. Brad Ingelsby (Mare of Easttown) wrote the script for The Lost Bus based on Lizzie Johnson’s 2021 fact-based book Paradise: One Town’s Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire that […]
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Rogue ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Intermissions at Movie Theaters Spur Studio to Intervene
After a small number of independent theaters added their own intermissions to screenings of Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, the film’s team has stepped in to intervene. The Hollywood Reporter has learned that there have been isolated incidents of theaters pausing the critically praised film — which Apple Original Films and Paramount Pictures […]
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Box Office: Taylor Swift’s ‘Eras Tour’ Tops Thursday With $5.9M, ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Rides to $2.6M in Previews
Martin Scorsese’s Western crime drama Killers of the Flower Moon has started off its North American box office run with $2.6 million in Thursday previews, while Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour won the day with $5.9 million as it prepares to leap the $100 million mark domestically sometime on Friday. From Apple Original Films, Flower Moon […]
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Apple Reveals First Look at Brad Pitt’s Formula One Film
Apple Studios has revealed a first-look image from Brad Pitt’s hotly anticipated Formula One feature. The untitled film, which also features Snowfall star Damson Idris in a lead role, is set in the world of elite motor racing. Pitt stars as a former F1 driver who returns to race for the fictional APXGP team, a […]
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Henry Cavill’s ‘Argylle’ Sets Theatrical Release From Apple, Universal
Apple Original Films is making more moves in the theatrical space. The streaming service is teaming with Universal to give the Henry Cavill spy thriller Argylle a Feb. 2, 2024, exclusive global release. It’s the latest high-profile feature that Apple has opted to grant a theatrical window ahead of its streaming debut. The company is […]
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Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh to Star in Skydance, Apple Feature ‘Mayday’
Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh are teaming up for Mayday, a feature that hails from Apple Original Films and Skydance. Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley penned the script before the writers strike and will produce and direct the project. The duo most recently helmed Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves for Paramount, and are […]
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‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Review: Leonardo DiCaprio and Lily Gladstone Lead Martin Scorsese’s Searing True-Crime Epic
Robert DeNiro also stars in the adaptation of David Grann’s true-crime book about the Osage Murders, with a supporting cast that includes Jesse Plemons, John Lithgow and Brendan Fraser.
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Leonardo DiCaprio Senses Impending Doom in Teaser Trailer for Martin Scorsese’s ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’
The first teaser trailer for Martin Scorsese’s much-anticipated feature Killers of the Flower Moon has been revealed. The nearly two-minute clip gives us our first glimpse of leads Leonardo DiCaprio as Ernest Burkhart and Lily Gladstone playing Mollie Kyle, an Osage woman who has inherited an oil fortune. We also see Robert De Niro as […]
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Ridley Scott’s ‘Napoleon’ Unveils Epic Battle Scene at CinemaCon
Napoleon is on his way. During Monday night’s Sony presentation at CinemaCon in Las Vegas, the studio revealed the first footage ever of Ridley Scott’s epic from Apple Original Films. Directed by Scott from a screenplay by David Scarpa, Napoleon stars Oscar winner Joaquin Phoenix as the French emperor and military leader Napoleon Bonaparte. The […]
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Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos: “Driving Folks to a Theater Is Just Not Our Business”
Don’t expect Netflix to follow the lead of its rivals and embrace a traditional theatrical model as Amazon and Apple are doing. “The film division is doing great,” Ted Sarandos said during an earnings call Tuesday. “Driving folks to a theater is just not our business. Having big new desirable content drives value for our […]
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Apple, Sony Set Thanksgiving Theatrical Release for Ridley Scott’s ‘Napoleon’
In another major theatrical move, Apple Original Films is teaming with Sony to give Ridley Scott’s Napoleon an exclusive worldwide run on the big screen before debuting the movie on Apple TV+. The historical epic opens in cinemas Nov. 22, the eve of the lucrative Thanksgiving corridor. Directed by Scott from a screenplay by David […]
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