Tom Hanks' 'Greyhound' gets release date for its digital debut on Apple TV+

Around three weeks ago it was revealed that Greyhound starring Tom Hanks will miss its atrical release and it will arrive on Apple TV+. However, release date of movie was t anunced. w Greyhound’s release date on streaming platform is revealed which is nearly a month away from its initial date. Read to kw more.

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Greyhound gets a release date on Apple TV+

Tom Hanks’ Greyhound is set to debut globally on July 10, 2020, exclusively on seven-month-old platform Apple TV+. war drama film was scheduled to have its atrical release on June 12, 2020, but Sony Pictures pushed it indefinitely. Later it was revealed that movie will directly be available on streaming platform. Greyhound is biggest feature film commitment made by Apple. It indicates that platform is setting a strong foot in market.

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Greyhound is a major addition for Apple TV+, as platform is reportedly lacking behind its competitors like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Disney+. It would be Tom Hanks first film to audiences after his battle with COVID-19. actor was returning to high seas after seven years since Captain Phillips (2013). According to a report in a daily, film became a bidding battle between popular streamers. In end, Apple TV+ bought rights for it in a deal costing around $70 million, with auction brokered by CAA Media Finance and FilmNation.

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Greyhound has joined growing list of films that are making ir digital debut and missing its planned atrical release. Previously movies like Trolls World Tour, Scoob, Artemis Fowl, Lovebirds, My Spy and more were premiered straight on OTT platforms. atres in US which are major market for se films are t said to reopen until July at earliest.

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Greyhound is directed by Aaron Schneider and produced by Gary Goetzman. It is based on 1955 vel  Good Shepherd by C. S. Forester. screenplay is by Tom Hanks. film follows a US Navy Commander on his first war-time assignment in command of a multi-national escort group.

y are defending a merchant ship convoy under attack by submarines in early 1942 during  Battle of Atlantic, only months after U.S. officially entered World War II. Tom Hanks plays Commander Ernest Krause, a USN who struggles with self-doubt and personal demons while commanding his ship and its crew fighting enemy. film also features Stephen Graham, Rob Morgan, Elisabeth Shue, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Karl Glusman and Tom Brittney.