Once again it is confirmed that both the drama and the comedy will be the two main types of content that Apple will make available to us when it launches its video streaming service. The drama Hala, selected for Best Drama at the Sundance Film Festival, will be part of Apple's catalog for its streaming video service.
Hala shows us lThe Struggle of a 17-Year-Old Muslim Teen who grows up in the United States who likes poetry and skateboarding. She also likes a young man with the same tastes but her father wants to organize a marriage for her in the Muslim tradition.
Hala has been written and directed by Minhal Big and produced by actress Jada Pinket Smith (Will Smith's wife). At the moment it has not transcended the amount that Apple has paid to get the rights to broadcast this film around the world.
Apple has never officially confirmed the intention to create a streaming video service, but as has happened with other products, much is the information related to this service that has been published so far.
A few weeks ago, Apple reached an agreement to produce Sofia Coppola's next film, a film to be played by Bill Murray. It has also reached an agreement with the screenwriter of the X-Men movies, which will create a science fiction series for Apple.
Nor can we forget about the dozen series, both dramatic and comedies, which are currently in the production phase. According to the latest news related to the launch of this streaming video service, Apple will begin offering this service in mid-April.
Regarding the price, there are several rumors that suggest that at first it would be completely free for all Apple users, because its catalog will be very small compared to the great streaming video such as Netflix, HBO, Amazon Prime ...
