In a deal worth nearly $50 million according toDeadline, Apple has acquired the Russo brothers' new movieCherrystarringTom Holland, and will release the drug-fueled drama on Apple TV+ in early 2021, thus making it eligible for this year’s Oscars.
CherrymarksJoe and Anthony Russo’s first directorial effort following four Marvel movies, including the all-time box office champAvengers: Endgame. Based onNico Walker’s bestselling novel, the film stars Holland as a former Army medic who returns from Iraq with extreme undiagnosed PTSD and falls into opioid addiction before he beings robbing banks.
Ciara Bravo(Red Band Society) co-stars alongsideKelli Burglund(Fosse/Verdon),Jack Reynor(Midsommar),Forrest Goodluck(The Revenant),Jeff Wahlberg(Dora and the Lost City of Gold),Michael Gandolfini(The Deuce),Kyle Harvey(The After Party) andThomas Lennon(Reno 911!).
Angela Russo-Otstot(The Shield) andJessica Goldberg(The Path) co-wroteCherry, which was produced by the Russos and their AGBO partnerMike Laroccaalong withChris Castaldi, as well asJonathan GrayandMatthew Rhodesof The Hideaway Entertainment. Executive producers include AGBO’sTodd Makurath,Jake Austand The Hideaway Entertainment’sKristy Maurer GrishamandJudd Payne.
Cherryjoins a robust slate of original films from Apple, including Sofia Coppola’s soon-to-premiereOn the RocksstarringRashida JonesandBill Murray;The Sky is EverywherestarringCherry JonesandJason Segel; the award-winning Sundance documentaryBoys State; the Emmy-nominated documentaryBeastie Boys Storyfrom directorSpike Jonze; the documentaryFireball: Visitors from Darker WorldsfromWerner Herzog; the thrillerSnow Blind, which hasJake Gyllenhaalattached to star;Martin Scorsese’s forthcomingKillers of the Flower Moon, starringLeonardo DiCaprioandRobert De Niro;Antoine Fuqua’s slavery thrillerEmancipationstarringWill Smith; andSharper, a new film starring Oscar winnerJulianne Mooreas a con artist.
Holland just showed off his dramatic chops in the Netflix movieThe Devil All the Time. As for the Russos, they’re busydeveloping an adaptation of the acclaimed bookExit West, which hasRiz Ahmedattached to star, and you canclick hereto read more about that project.
