Tom Hanks’ ‘GREYHOUND’ will now release on Apple TV+

Tom Hanks WWII Film ‘Greyhound’ Alters Course In Apple Deal: Film Will Premiere On Apple TV +

the WWII battleship drama Greyhound that Tom Hanks wrote and stars in has abruptly changed course and will berth at Apple. Originally on the Sony Pictures theatrical calendar for Father’s Day weekend, the film will instead become the biggest feature film commitment made by Apple to premiere on Apple TV +. It is the latest in a growing indication that Apple is making its move, and becoming as aggressive as any streamer or studio in auctions for the acquisition of films and TV projects.

The picture was quietly shopped in stealthy fashion, and it became a bidding battle between the big streamers, and I’m told a deal closed in the $70 million range, the auction brokered by CAA Media Finance and FilmNation.

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