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Apple premieres ‘The Banker’ at the U.S. National Civil Rights Museum

Following a long review period, after it was delayed from a planned January release when family members of one of the men represented in the film came forth with accusations of abuse at the hands of one of the film’s executive producers (also a family member), Apple has premiered the film and is set to finally release one of its first-ever original films, The Banker, in theaters and on Apple TV+.

Apple asked to permantently shelve Samuel L. Jackson film ‘The Banker’

Nicholas Hoult, Samuel L. Jackson and Anthony Mackie in “The Banker,” coming soon to theaters and Apple TV+.

Two wives of the late Bernard Garrett Sr., the central subject of Apple TV+’s The Banker, starring Samuel L. Jackson, Anthony Mackie, Nicholas Hoult, Nia Long, Jessie Usher and Colm Meaney, are imploring Apple to reconsider the decision to release the film in March despite allegations that…

Apple to finally release ‘The Banker’ in theaters and Apple TV+ this March

Nicholas Hoult, Samuel L. Jackson and Anthony Mackie in “The Banker,” coming soon to theaters and Apple TV+.

Following a long review period, after it was delayed from a planned January release when family members of one of the men represented in the film came forth with accusations of abuseat the hands of one of the film’s executive producers (also a family member), Apple is set to finally…

‘The Banker’ cast, director respond to Apple delaying film’s release amid abuse allegations

The Banker director/screenwriter George Nolfi, actors Samuel L. Jackson and Anthony Mackie, and 50 other cast and crew members signed a joint statement.

Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly:

The cast and crew of The Banker broke their silence this week over the abuse allegations that prompted Apple TV+ to delay the film’s release.

Starring Samuel L. Jackson as Joe Morris and Anthony Mackie as…

Apple delays movie theater release of ‘The Banker’, release on Apple TV+ likely delayed, too

“Apple Inc is delaying the planned December movie theater release of movie “The Banker,” one of its first original films, a source close to the company said on Friday, amid ongoing concerns about the period drama,” Reuters reports:

The movie’s debut on Apple’s newly launched streaming service Apple TV+ will also likely be delayed, the source said. “The Banker” was supposed to go into a limited…

Apple cancels premiere of ‘The Banker’ amid sexual abuse claims against real-life subject’s son

Paul Bond for The Hollywood Reporter:

On Nov. 5, Bernard Garrett Jr. was onstage at an entertainment industry event with George Nolfi, who directed the new Apple original movie The Banker. The film tells the story of Garrett Jr.’s. father, a black man who recruited a white man to front his growing financial business some six decades ago in a pre-Civil Rights Act America. Garrett Jr., initially…