Actor/director/America’s dad Tom Hanks doesn’t seem too happy with his “whipmasters” at Apple. Or maybe he’s just kidding, as he often does.
However, while doing (virtual) interviews for “Greyhound,” a World War II movie that premieres on Apple TV+ July 10, Hanks is giving interviews in his home office, but with a blank wall as backdrop.
He tells The Guardian that “the cruel whipmasters at Apple” decided the background needed to be a blank wall. Against the empty backdrop, Hanks says he looks as if he’s in “a witness protection program, but here I am, bowing to the needs of Apple TV.”
“Greyhound” is written by and stars Hanks. The film was set to launch in theaters on Father’s Day weekend, but that plans got canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Most folks figured it would be re-slated for a later premiere in theaters. However, the picture was quietly shopped in a bidding war between various streamings services. Apple won by forking out US$70 million in June.
The movie is set early in World War II when an inexperienced U.S. Navy captain (Hanks) must lead an Allied convoy being stalked by Nazi U-boat wolfpacks. It’s based on a novel by C.S. Forester.
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