Following the strategy that Apple wants to implement on Apple TV + consisting of publish some of those titles first on the big screens than in streaming, it's known that It already has three very different films available between them.
The film, which will have the honor of being the first to be seen in theaters on October 18, is expected to premiere on Apple TV + on November 1, is a wildlife documentary about a herd of elephants fighting for their survival facing an inhospitable habitat and a terrible drought, led by the British Victoria Stone and Mark Deeble.
Three very different films with a common denominator: They will be seen earlier in the cinema than in homes.
With the support of A24 studies, The wildlife documentary will be the first in a series of five, including Sofia Coppola's 'On the Rocks', which Apple will soon broadcast on the screens of theaters. In "The Elephant Queen" we will see how Athena will do everything in her power to protect her herd when they are forced to abandon their watering hole. A story of love, loss and homecoming.
The second of the premieres that Apple will launch will be "Hala". Selected as the best Drama at the Sundance Film Festival, it will be part of the Apple catalog for its streaming video service, through Apple Tv + and via Web in December, but not before first being released in theaters. The release date will be November 22. "Hala" shows us the struggle of a 17-year-old Muslim teenager growing up in the United States who likes poetry and skateboarding and her father wants to organize a marriage for her following the Muslim tradition.
The last of the three films that Apple has been interested in and which will be broadcast in theaters in 2019 is "The Banker", whose air date is expected in mid-December in theaters and early January through Apple TV +. It is a very ambitious production starring Anthony Mackie and Samuel L. Jackson that chronicles the life of the first African banker in the history of the United States.