Oscar contender Emancipation starring Will Smith is drumming up a great deal of praise across social media following its first private screening. Apple Original Films, who won the rights to the film, partnered with the NAACP to host the screening that earned the production praise for its powerful message on resilience. Apple has just released the official premiere date, set for a wide theatrical release on December 2. Written by Bill … Continue reading ‘Emancipation’: Upcoming Will Smith Starrer Sets December 2nd as Release Date!!

It is hard to believe we are already a month removed from the slap heard around the world at this year’s Oscars. As a result of the slap, many of Will Smith’s future projects have either been shelved or pushed back. Reported exclusively by Variety, the Smith-led Apple film Emancipation has been delayed until 2023, making it the latest Smith film to be affected by … Continue reading ‘Emancipation’: Apple Delays Will Smith-Led Slave Thriller to 2023!!

Ben Foster will star opposite Will Smith in Antoine Fuqua‘s emotional action thriller Emancipation, which has also added Charmaine Bingwa (The Good Fight), Gilbert Owuor (Mute) and Mustafa Shakir (Luke Cage) to its cast. The period piece, which cost Apple approximately $120 million, tells the harrowing but ultimately triumphant true story of Peter (Smith), an enslaved man who fled a Louisiana plantation following a brutal … Continue reading ‘Emancipation’: Ben Foster Joins Antoine Fuqua’s Runaway Slave Thriller!!