Will Smith’s first movie since Oscars slap to be released in December

LOS ANGELES, Oct 3 (Reuters) – Actor Will Smith’s first film since he slapped Chris Rock on the Academy Awards, a historic thriller referred to as “Emancipation,” will debut in cinemas in December, a transfer that makes the movie eligible for subsequent yr’s Oscars.

Distributor Apple Inc (AAPL.O) introduced the timing in an announcement and launched a trailer on Monday. “Emancipation,” which tells the story of a person who escapes from slavery, was filmed earlier than Smith attacked Rock on stage in February however its launch date had been unsure.

Smith is banned from attending the Oscars ceremony for 10 years, however he’s nonetheless eligible to be nominated and win.

The actor has publicly apologized to Rock, the movie academy and the general public for slapping the comic over a joke in regards to the look of Smith’s spouse, Jada Pinkett Smith.

Lower than an hour later, Smith received finest actor for taking part in the daddy of tennis legends Venus and Serena Williams in “King Richard.”

“Emancipation” will play solely in theaters for one week beginning on Dec. 2 and can debut on the Apple TV+ streaming service on Dec. 9, Apple mentioned.

The film was impressed by a real-life story of a person who grew to become generally known as “Whipped Peter” after Harper’s Weekly printed pictures in 1863 of intensive scarring on his again from whippings he acquired as a slave.

Reporting by Lisa Richwine;
Modifying by Sandra Maler

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