Blitz Sees Saoirse Ronan Team Up With Sir Steve McQueen For The Apple Original Films Movie
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Carl Roberts 
Apple Original Films’ “Blitz” will stream globally on Apple TV+ from November 22nd. Watch the trailer here.
Apple Original Films has today released the first trailer and key art for the upcoming movie, Blitz. The film stars Saoirse Ronan and Elliott Heffernan and is written and directed by the Oscar-winning British filmmaker Sir Steve McQueen.
PREMISE
Sir Steve McQueen’s “Blitz” follows the epic journey of George (Elliott Heffernan). A 9-year-old boy in World War II London whose mother Rita (Saoirse Ronan) sends him to safety in the English countryside. George, defiant and determined to return home to his mom and his grandfather Gerald (Paul Weller) in East London, embarks on an adventure. Only to find himself in immense peril, while a distraught Rita searches for her missing son.
CAST AND CREW
Written and directed by Academy and BAFTA Award-winning Sir Steve McQueen. The film stars Academy and BAFTA Award nominee Ronan and newcomer Heffernan. With Harris Dickinson. Benjamin Clementine. Kathy Burke. Weller. Stephen Graham. Leigh Gill. Mica Ricketts. CJ Beckford. Alex Jennings. Joshua McGuire. Hayley Squires. Erin Kellyman and Sally Messham rounding out the cast. McQueen’s Lammas Park produces alongside Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner of Working Title Films. Arnon Milchan, Yariv Milchan and Michael Schaefer for New Regency. With producers Anita Overland and Adam Somner.
McQueen reunites with production designer Adam Stockhausen (“12 Years a Slave,” “Widows”). Costume designer Jacqueline Durran (“Small Axe”), and composer Hans Zimmer (“12 Years a Slave”). With cinematographer Yorick Le Saux (“Little Women”) and makeup designer Naomi Donne (“No Time to Die”).
CREDITS
Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Elliott Heffernan, Harris Dickinson, Benjamin Clementine, Kathy Burke, Paul Weller, Stephen Graham, Leigh Gill, Mica Ricketts, CJ Beckford, Alex Jennings, Joshua McGuire, Hayley Squires, Erin Kellyman, Sally Messham
Written and Directed by: Steve McQueen
Producers: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Steve McQueen, Anita Overland, Adam Somner, Arnon Milchan, Yariv Milchan, Michael Schaefer
Executive Producers: Anna Smith Tenser, Natalie Lehmann, Sheeraz Shah, Sarah-Jane Wright
Blitz will stream globally on Apple TV+ from November 22nd.
Source: Apple TV+
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