After lots of praise for its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, Apple has bought the documentary Boys State. It’s described as a “political coming-of-age story, examining the health of American democracy” and should land on Apple TV+ with the help of film studio A24.
The Hollywood Reporter shared the exclusive on the deal, with Apple and its film studio partner A24 allegedly spending $10 million for Boys State.
Here’s a summary of the documentary directed by Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine.
The film was executive produced by Laurene Powell Jobs along with Davis Guggenheim, Jonathan Silberberg, and Nicole Stott.
Apple and A24 are also said to be working on a film called On the Rocks that has reunited Bill Murray and producer Sofia Coppola.
As for Boys State, you check out The Hollywood Reporter‘s full review of the Sundance premiere here.
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