Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: In a deal that comes in high $40 millions, Apple Original Films has acquired worldwide rights to Cherry, the first film directed by Anthony and Joe Russo since their Avengers: Endgame became the highest global grossing film of all time.
The film is a decidedly different kind of drama, an adaptation of the bestselling novel by Nico Walker that is based on his story.
It is a finished film that will become an awards season entry.Tom Holland plays Walker, a young Cleveland man who, after being spurned by the love of his life, joins the army before she returns to tell him she has made a mistake and they belong together.
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