A day after Apple announced that it will release The Banker in March, with Anthony Mackie starring as the title character, Linda Garrett has broken her silence and provided Deadline with her version of events in which she describes being unfairly omitted from the film without even being contacted to lend input.
She is…
After abruptly pulling the George Nolfi-directed The Banker on the eve of its closing-night berth at AFI Fest last year and indefinitely postponing the December 6 release that was to mark Apple’s debut as a theatrical distributor, Apple has finally come forward and dated the period film for a March 6 theatrical…
Peter Bart and Mike Fleming Jr. worked together for two decades at Daily Variety. In this column, two old friends get together and grind their axes, mostly on the movie business.PETER BART: The major corporate players this year seem more jittery than ever about defying the rules of the marketplace, real or imagined…
EXCLUSIVE: The Banker co-writer/director George Nolfi has gone on the record for the first time to correct what he said are false statements that have become a part of the narrative about a film that became a hot potato once Cynthia Garrett – daughter of the film's protagonist, Bernard Garrett Sr – accused her…
EXCLUSIVE: Days after Cynthia and Sheila Garrett made accusations that their half-brother Bernard Garrett Jr., the co-producer of Apple’s original movie The Banker, sexually molested them during the early 1970s, Garrett Jr. has come forward this morning with a vehement denial.
The allegations made by Cynthia Garrett…
Apple is pushing the release of George Nolfi’s The Bankerto a TBD date. The pic was to go limited on December 6, with a streaming platform release on Apple TV+ in January. From what we know now, the streaming release hasn’t been changed yet.
The movie, set during the Civil Rights era, is a very inspiring story, and…
In a virtually unprecedented development, AFI Fest has been forced to make a last minute switch of their closing night film, The Bankerwhich was scheduled to have its World Premiere in Hollywood Thursday night. Netflix’s Marriage Story, already in theatrical release, has been tapped to take the slot.
The Banker,…
He may have been given the Captain America shield in Marvel blockbuster Avengers: Endgame, but Anthony Mackie shows a more serious side with Seberg. He plays Hakim Jamal, the real-life Black Panthers activist whose relationship with the French New Wave actress (Kristen Stewart) led to her being targeted by the FBI…
The first foray into original scripted movies for Apple TV+ is The Banker, the George Nolfi-directed drama based on the real-life story of African American businessmen Bernard Garrett (Anthony Mackie) and Joe Morris (Samuel L. Jackson) who devise a plan to help their fellow African Americans being kept from the…
Apple TV Plus only launched yesterday, but the tech giant’s new streaming service is already home to some awards-contending films.
Hala, from writer-director Minhal Baig, tells the story of a Pakistani-American girl named Hala (Geraldine Viswanathan), who struggles to forge her own identity and explore her sexuality…
AFI Fest has set the world premiere of Apple’s The Banker, starring Anthony Mackie, Samuel L. Jackson, Nicholas Hoult and Nia Long, as its closing-night film on November 21 at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
Here’s the logline for director George Nolfi’s film: Based on a true story, The Banker centers on…
Apple on Friday announced theatrical release dates for three films set to premiere in theaters this fall followed by a drop on the company’s streaming service, which launches November 1.
The Elephant Queenwill open in select cities on October 18 followed by a streaming date of November 1 on the first day of the…
