Samuel L. Jackson is to star in Apple TV’s first film, The Banker. The film will debut at AFI Fest 2019, before its cinematic release in December, and Apple TV debut in January 2020.
The American Film Institute announced that AFI FEST 2019 presented by Audi will close with the World premiere of Apple’s The Banker, Apple TV’s first original film, starring Samuel L. Jackson and Anthony Mackie.
Michael Lumpkin, Director of AFI Festivals shared, “The Banker joins a remarkable group of films being released this year that openly confront centuries of racism and injustice in our country, while celebrating the brave individuals whose activism has created real change.”
Based on a true story, The Banker centers on revolutionary businessmen Bernard Garrett (Anthony Mackie) and Joe Morris (Samuel L. Jackson), who devise an audacious and risky plan to take on the racist establishment of the 1960s by helping other African Americans pursue the American dream. Along with Garret’s wife Eunice (Nia Long), they train a working-class white man, Matt Steiner (Nicholas Hoult), to pose as the rich and privileged face of their burgeoning real estate and banking empire – while Garrett and Morris pose as a janitor and a chauffeur.
AFI Fest 2019 opens November 14. The Banker opens in theaters Dec. 6, 2019, before it debuts on Apple TV+ in January 2020.
