Saoirse Ronan is a decided mom looking for her son within the first trailer for Blitz, Apple’s World Struggle II drama from Oscar winner Steve McQueen.
The film is ready throughout WWII, with Nazi Germany often bombing London’s residents. Rita (Foe’s Ronan) sends her 9-year-old son, George (Elliott Heffernan), to the English countryside to keep away from the bombings within the metropolis. Nevertheless, George by no means reaches his vacation spot. As George embarks on a harmful journey dwelling, Rita frantically races to seek out her son.
“That is for all of the dad and mom whose youngsters have been evacuated,” Rita says whereas looking for George.
Blitz’s ensemble solid contains Harris Dickinson, Benjamin Clementine, Kathy Burke, Weller, Stephen Graham, Paul Weller, Leigh Gill, Mica Ricketts, CJ Beckford, Alex Jennings, Joshua McGuire, Hayley Squires, Erin Kellyman, and Sally Messham.
Blitz, one among Digital Trends’ most anticipated films this fall, is written and directed by McQueen. The British director’s latest works embrace 2018’s Widows, 2020’s Small Axe, and 2023’s Occupied Metropolis. McQueen produces alongside Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Arnon Milchan, Yariv Milchan, Michael Schaefer, Anita Overland, and Adam Somner.
Blitz is likely one of the final remaining dominoes within the Greatest Image race for the 2025 Oscars. McQueen has a confirmed monitor document with the Academy, having gained Greatest Image for 2013’s 12 Years a Slave. The movie bypassed the summer season pageant circuit, the place a number of Oscar contenders premiered. As a substitute, Blitz will open the BFI London Movie Competition on October 9. McQueen’s WWII drama will even function the closing movie of the New York Movie Competition on October 10.
Blitz will premiere in choose theaters on November 1, adopted by an Apple TV+ streaming launch on November 22.
