Actor Tom Hanks has said it is “utter heartbreak” that his new war movie, Greyhound, appears on Apple TV + instead of in movie theaters …
He made the comment in an interview with the Guardian.
Hanks and I are talking through screens, and he is promoting a movie that will air on Apple TV + instead of opening in theaters. Greyhound tells the story of Captain Ernie Krause (Hanks, natch) on his first war mission in the Battle of the Atlantic […]
Hanks not only stars in Greyhound, he also produced and wrote the script, adapting it from CS Forester’s novel The Good Shepherd. “My ego has run wild, Hadley, and it’s everywhere!” he hoots. Hanks has written movies before: the 1996 anthem to the ’60s bands, That Thing You Do !, and Larry Crowne from 2011. But Greyhound has been a special labor of love for him, one that I sweat for almost a decade. , and it’s one of those war movies that really should be seen on the big screen. So the change in plans has been, he says, “an absolute angst. I don’t want to piss off my Apple lords, but there is a difference in image and sound quality.”
Apparently, Apple also dictated where in his office Hanks had to sit for the video conference interview.
Apple TV + is having a similar negative impact on Hanks’ appearance in this interview. Despite being in his office, “Apple’s cruel whip masters” decided that the background should be a blank wall, presumably so curious journalists like me wouldn’t spend the entire encounter snooping on Hanks’ shelves. Against the eerily empty backdrop, it looks, Hanks rightly says, like he’s on “a witness protection program.” But here I am, yielding to the needs of Apple TV. “
Maybe you can get a little consolation from the fact that Apple paid around $ 70 million for the rights …
This is what Apple says about the movie:
Inspired by real events, Captain Ernest Krause (Tom Hanks) leads an international convoy of 37 ships on a treacherous mission across the Atlantic to deliver thousands of much-needed soldiers and supplies to the Allied forces. Stephen Graham, Rob Morgan and Elisabeth Shue star alongside Hanks. The original Apple movie was directed by Aaron Schneider and produced by Gary Goetzman.
You can watch the trailer below, and the movie will be available on Apple TV + starting July 10.
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