LOS ANGELES, Oct 4 ― Less than a year after Will Smith shocked millions around the world by slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars, his new filmThe slavery drama was broadly assumed to have been delayed in the wake of Smith's assault on comedian Rock, which drew widespread condemnation and resulted in Smith being banned from attending the Academy Awards ceremony for 10 years.
But Apple made the surprise announcement that the tainted star's latest movie will hit theaters December 2, and begin streaming on Apple TV+ a week later.
The 54-year-old also resigned his membership with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ― although the organisation did not revoke his best actor award, and his decade-long ban from attending the ceremony does not prevent him being nominated for Oscars.hosted with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in the US capital Washington.
The movie stars Smith as a fugitive from slavery on a harrowing journey north from Louisiana seeking freedom. His character Peter is inspired by the infamous photograph of a slave whose back was mutilated by lashes received on a plantation, and who was dubbed “Whipped Peter.”earned a best actor Oscar for Denzel Washington.was originally due to be filmed in Georgia, but production was moved last year after the southern US state approved a voting rights law that critics say is intended to depress turnout in Black and other underrepresented communities.
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