Greyhound: Tom Hanks Heartbroken Over Film’s Apple TV+ Release

Last May, it was announced that Sony Pictures’ war drama Greyhound would officially be foregoing its previously planned theatrical release and instead opted for a digital premiere on Apple TV+. In a recent interview with The Guardian, Oscar winner Tom Hanks addressed his film’s move to streaming by expressing his grief over it because he had been working on the project for nearly a decade.

“An absolute heartbreak,” Hanks said. “I don’t mean to make angry my Apple overlords, but there is a difference in picture and sound quality.”

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Based on C.S. Forester’s novel The Good Shepherd, the film will be set in the early days of WWII. In Greyhound, an international convoy of 37 Allied ships, led by captain Ernest Krause (Hanks) in his first command of a U.S. destroyer, crosses the treacherous waters of the Black Pit in the North Atlantic while hotly pursued by wolf packs of Nazi U-boats. With no air cover protection for 5 days, the captain and his convoy must battle the surrounding enemy in order to give the allies a chance to win the war. The film is directed by Aaron Schneider.

The film stars Tom Hanks (Saving Private RyanA Beautiful Day in the NeighborhoodCast Away), Stephen Graham (SnatchTinker Tailor Soldier SpyRocketman), Rob Morgan (MudboundStranger ThingsDaredevil), and Oscar nominee Elisabeth Shue (Leaving Las VegasThe BoysDeath Wish).

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The film is directed by Oscar-winner Aaron Schneider (Two SoldiersGet Low) from a script penned by Tom Hanks. It is produced by Emmy winner Gary Goetzman (Olive KitteridgeGame ChangeThe Pacific). Greyhound will premiere on Apple TV+ on July 10!

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