Apple holds premiere screening Will Smith When Antoine Fuquaupcoming movies of releaseThe project’s fortunes seemingly hung in the balance after Smith’s now-infamous Academy Awards slap, but screenings show Apple is about to release it soon.
At the 2022 Oscars, Smith stunned the world when he took the stage during the ceremony and slapped presenter Chris Rock, who joked about Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. resigned from the Academy, put some of his projects on hold, and apologized to The Rock, The Rock’s family, fellow Oscar winners, and more.
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Followed by a conversation about the film with Fukua, Will Smith, and Mary Elliott, Curator of American Slavery at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, moderated by political and cultural commentator Angela Lai. served.
“Throughout my career, I have turned down many films set in slavery,” Smith said at the screening. “I never wanted us to see it that way. And then this picture came out. And this is not a movie about slavery. This is a movie about freedom. This is a movie about resilience.” This is a film about faith.”
He continued, “This is a movie about a man’s mind, and you could call it the first viral image. It was a cry against slavery, a story that exploded and blossomed in my mind that I wanted to deliver to you in a way that only Antoine Fuqua could deliver.
Based on a true story, release It follows Peter (Smith) as he outwits a cold-blooded hunter, survives the swamps of Louisiana along the way, and flees a plantation in search of his family. Peter eventually joins the Union Army. During a medical examination, his bare back, scarred from a fatal whiplash at the hands of a former plantation supervisor, was photographed. Independent released the photos, irrefutable proof of the cruelty and barbarity of slavery in America.
Fuqua Director/Executive Producer release From a screenplay by William N. Collage. The film is being produced by Smith and John Monet through Westbrook Studios, Joey McFarland through McFarland Entertainment, and Todd Black through Escape Artists. Chris Brigham, James Lassiter, Heather Washington, Cliff Roberts, Glenn Basner and Scott Greenberg will executive produce.