Apple releases trailer for ‘Emancipation’ starring Will Smith, coming this December

Apple Original Films’ “Emancipation,” directed and executive produced by Antoine Fuqua (“Training Day,” “The Equalizer”) and starring and produced by Will Smith (“King Richard,” “The Pursuit of Happyness,” “Ali”), will premiere in theaters on December 2, 2022, and globally on Apple TV+ on Friday, December 9, 2022.
“Emancipation” is an Apple Original Film premiering in theaters December 2, 2022 and globally on Apple TV+ on December 9, 2022.
“Emancipation” tells the triumphant story of Peter (Smith), a man who escapes from slavery, relying on his wits, unwavering faith and deep love for his family to evade cold-blooded hunters and the unforgiving swamps of Louisiana on his quest for freedom. The film is inspired by the 1863 photos of “Whipped Peter,” taken during a Union Army medical examination, that first appeared in Harper’s Weekly. One image, known as “The Scourged Back,” which shows Peter’s bare back mutilated by a whipping delivered by his enslavers, ultimately contributed to growing public opposition to slavery.

“Emancipation” is directed by Antoine Fuqua, from a script by William N. Collage. The film is produced by Will Smith and Jon Mone through Westbrook Studios, Joey McFarland though McFarland Entertainment and Todd Black through Escape Artists. Antoine Fuqua, James Lassiter, Heather Washington, Cliff Roberts, Glen Basner, and Scott Greenberg are executive producing.
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MacDailyNews Note: Actors Ben Foster, Charmaine Bingwa, Gilbert Owuor, and Mustafa Shakir (“Soul Assassin,” “Cowboy Bebop,” “Marvel’s Luke Cage” and “The Deuce”) star alongside Smith in “Emancipation.” The ensemble cast also includes Steven Ogg, Grant Harvey, Ronnie Gene Blevins, Jayson Warner Smith, Jabbar Lewis, Michael Luwoye, Aaron Moten, and newcomer Imani Pullum.
So, it is with relative certainty that – you guessed it – Chris Rock was not harmed during the filming of this motion picture.
In May, Variety reported that “Emancipation” would be delayed to 2023 due to Smith’s onstage assault on Chris Rock during the 94th Academy Awards ceremony held on March 27, 2022, but today’s news effectively cancels that delay.
Prior to Smith’s outburst, “Emancipation” once had strong Oscar buzz. Apple would have had a real shot at back-to-back Best Picture awards, after nabbing the big prize for CODA in 2021. Now, all bets are off.
Smith resigned from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences after the incident and the Academy’s Board of Governors issued a 10-year ban barring the actor from attending the Oscar ceremony. The injunction does not prevent Smith from being nominated during this period.
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