It’s been awhile since Matthew McConaughey final appeared onscreen: 4 years, the truth is. The final time? Man Ritchie‘s London gangster caper-comedy “The Gentlemen.” Now Deadline stories McConaughey is prepared for a live-action position once more, and can star in “The Lost Bus.” Paul Greengrass will direct the movie, with Jamie Lee Curtis co-starring.
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Curtis develops the mission by her Comet Photos banner with Jason Blum by Blumhouse. The actress has had her eyes on adapting Lizzie Johnson‘s e-book “Paradise: One Town’s Struggle To Survive An American Wildfire” since she first heard concerning the e-book on NPR. Brad Ingelsby adapts Johnson’s e-book for the massive display, and in addition share producing duties with Greg Goodman. Johnson serves as an govt producer on the movie with Amy Lord.
So what’s “The Lost Bus” about? Because the title of Johnson’s e-book suggests, the movie will heart on the heroics of a bus driver and native faculty trainer who saved a bus full of kids in the course of the lethal wildfire that destroyed most of Paradise, California in 2018. 85 folks have been killed within the blaze, however the entire kids on the bus have been saved. McConaughey performs bus driver Kevin McKay within the movie, whereas Curtis performs trainer Mary Ludwig.
Curtis started creating “The Lost Bus” with Blum again in 2022, however the guild strikes halted every thing final yr. Now the movie appears to be like to shut its offers for all concerned, with Apple Unique Movies circling to distribute. If Greengrass directs, it’ll be his subsequent function, with one other adaptation, “Drowning” for Warner Bros., nonetheless needing some script tinkering. If Apple grabs the movie’s rights, it’ll mark a reunion of types with the studio and Ingelsby. Apple just lately wrapped capturing on “Echo Valley” with Julianne Moore and Sydney Sweeney, one other movie scripted by Ingelsby. And “The Lost Bus” would lengthen Apple’s working relationship with McConaughey, too. He just lately signed up for a comedy TV sequence for Apple TV+ together with his good buddy Woody Harrelson.
If the offers for “The Lost Bus” are finalized quickly, count on capturing to start out by Q2 2024 with Apple eying a 2025 launch.
