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Apple Lands Will Smith, Antoine Fuqua Cannes Package 'Emancipation'
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hollywoodreporter.comAfter a heated bidding war, Apple has landed Emancipation, the action film that will star Will Smith and is set to be directed byAntoine Fuqua.
Many of the major studios were vying for the package being sold out of the Cannes virtual market. Warner Bros and Apple were the final two bidders, with Apple taking the project for a massive price tag.
Based on the true story, the movie follows Peter, a runaway slave forced to outwit cold-blooded hunters and the unforgiving swamps of Louisiana on his journey North.
Once there, he joined the Union Army. When Peter showed his bare back during an Army medical examination, photos were taken of the scars from a near fatal whipping delivered by an overseer on the plantation owned by John and Bridget.
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