Synopsis – In the 1960s two African-American entrepreneurs hire a working-class white man to pretend to be the head of their business empire while they pose as a janitor and chauffeur. My Take – While Apple‘s streaming service, Apple TV+, has started off to a fairly good start thanks to a bunch of star studded TV shows it released last year, all varying in genres, … Continue reading The Banker (2020) Review!!
Two-time Oscar winner Mahershala Ali is set to produce and star in the genre-bending drama Swan Song from Oscar-winning writer-director Benjamin Cleary (Stutterer), it was announced Wednesday by Apple. A co-production between Apple and Anonymous Content, Swan Song will receive a theatrical release before the film debuts on Apple TV+. Adam Shulman (Defending Jacob) and Jacob Perlin (The Amazing Johnathan Documentary) will produce the film on behalf … Continue reading ‘Swan Song’: Mahershala Ali to Star in Genre-Bending Drama for Apple TV+!!!
The Banker was supposed to be Apple TV+’s play into the prestige film space. Starring Marvel vets Anthony Mackie and Samuel L. Jackson, it tells the true story of Bernard Garrett and Joe Morris, two African-American businessmen in the 1950s who hired a white man to front their real estate business. It was even going to open at the prestigious AFI Fest in 2019. But then, allegations … Continue reading ‘The Banker’: The Apple TV Plus Movie Finally Has A Release Date!!
Apple has pulled its historical drama The Banker from the AFI Festival a day before it was scheduled to premiere as the closing film of the festival. A screening of Noah Baumbach’s comedy/drama Marriage Story, starring Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver, will be shown instead. The Banker tells the true-life story of two businessmen, Bernard Garrett (Anthony Mackie) and Joe Morris (Samuel L. Jackson), who … Continue reading ‘The Banker’: Apple Pulls Film from AFI Festival!!
Synopsis – Story of one of the first African American bankers in the US. Directed – George Nolfi Starring – Samuel L. Jackson, Nia Long, Nicholas Hoult Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘The Banker’ Trailer: Samuel L. Jackson and Anthony Mackie Lead Apple Original Movie!! Check It Out!!
Apple is planning to give its movies a brief theatrical window before they begin streaming on the tech giant’s new streaming platform Apple TV Plus, and the company is turning to several indie distributors for help. According to a report from Variety, Bleecker Street will “consult” on the release of The Banker, which will hit theaters on Dec. 6. Anthony Mackie and Samuel L. Jackson … Continue reading Apple to Give Its Movies a Brief Theatrical Window Before Streaming!!
After appearing in the fifth season of Black Mirror and the upcoming second season of Altered Carbon, Anthony Mackie is set to reunite with Netflix once again, with Deadline reporting that the Marvel star is set to lead the case of the sci-fi action film Outside the Wire. The film takes place in the future and will see Mackie as “a drone pilot sent into … Continue reading ‘Outside the Wire’: Anthony Mackie To Star and Produce Action Sci-Fi!!
Deadline is reporting that Marvel Cinematic Universe stars Samuel L. Jackson and Anthony Mackie are teaming with X-Men’s Nicholas Hoult for The Banker, a fact based drama from director George Nolfi (The Adjustment Bureau). The film tells the story of two African American entrepreneurs, Bernard Garrett (Mackie) and Joe Morris (Jackson), who attempted to circumvent the racial limitations of the 1950s by hiring a working … Continue reading ‘The Banker’: Samuel L. Jackson, Nia Long Anthony Mackie and Nicholas Hoult Join In!!
