The “McConaissance” is officially back. Apple Original Films has dropped nan teaser trailer for Matthew McConaughey’s upcoming action play “The Lost Bus,” a communicative is inspired by existent events and helmed by nan Oscar-nominated “United 93” head Paul Greengrass.
While nary nonstop merchandise day has been announced, “The Lost Bus” will deed prime theaters and watercourse connected Apple TV+ this fall. In a release, Apple TV+ described nan movie arsenic a “white-knuckle thrust done 1 of America’s deadliest wildfires.” McConaughey stars arsenic a schoolhouse autobus driver alongside America Ferrera arsenic a teacher. The brace teams up “to prevention 22 children from nan terrifying inferno.”
Greengrass — who co-wrote nan communicative pinch Brad Ingelsby — called “The Lost Bus” a communicative of “quiet heroism,” adding that he was “honored to person been entrusted pinch nan story.” It is based connected Lizzie Johnson’s book “Paradise: One Town’s Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire” and is produced by Inglesby and Gregory Goodman. Jason Blumhouse for Blumhouse Productions is connected board, too, arsenic a producer, arsenic is Comet Pictures’ Jamie Lee Curtis, who took nan accumulation to Blumhouse aft proceeding Johnson speak connected NPR. Johnson besides serves arsenic an executive producer.
McConaughey took a six-year break from live-action roles, returning pinch a domiciled successful “The Rivals of Amziah King,” which premiered successful March astatine SXSW. That part, he told Variety, helped him rekindle his emotion for acting — and done it he besides rediscovered really his occupation tin beryllium a “vacation” from his individual life.
“I remembered a mates of things: One, really overmuch I genuinely bask performing. Two, I remembered, ‘hey, McConaughey, you’re beautiful damn bully astatine this,’” he said. “And three, I remembered that acting is simply a picnic for me, and what I mean by picnic is that erstwhile I’m performing, it’s my singular focus. When I locomotion retired nan doorway successful nan morning, my woman says, ‘Go footwear immoderate ass. I sewage nan kiddos. We’re good.’ That’s vacation. Because I’m not multitasking. I’m not compartmentalizing. I’m afloat focused connected uncovering nan truth of my character.”
Check retired nan teaser trailer for “The Lost Bus” below: