The brand new historic struggle drama from McQueen and star Saoirse Ronan will probably be concluding this 12 months’s New York occasion.
In accordance with The Hollywood Reporter, the 2024 NY Movie Competition has now discovered its closing night time title with Blitz, which comes from director Steve McQueen. McQueen directs, writes, and serves as a producer on the movie, that includes tales of Londoners throughout the blitzkrieg of World Conflict II. The historic drama stars Saoirse Ronan and Elliot Heffernan.
The story, in keeping with THR, “is told from the parallel perspectives of working-class single mother Rita (Ronan) and her 9-year-old son George (Heffernan) as they become separated in the city under siege.” Blitz finds McQueen again at New Regency, who he partnered with for 2013’s 12 Years a Slave and 2018’s Widows, starring Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debbicki, Cynthia Erivo and Colin Farrell. McQueen produces by his Lammas Park studio, with Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner of Working Title Movies. Arnon Milchan, Yariv Milchan, and Michael Schaefer produce by way of New Regency. Blitz hails from Apple Unique Movies.
McQueen has said, “It is with immense pride, gratitude, and fondness that I’m able to return to the New York Film Festival with Blitz. I’ve been lucky enough to have enjoyed a number of memorable experiences at the festival and with New York audiences, and I’m enormously grateful to have been invited back for closing night.”
Dennis Lim, the NYFF creative director, provides, “Blitz is a vivid and visceral depiction of life during wartime, a meticulous historical account that resonates unmistakably with our current age of endless war. We are thrilled to welcome back to the festival Steve McQueen, one of the most daring artists at work today, with one of the greatest achievements of his career.”
The movie is about to have its North American premiere on October 10 at Alice Tully Corridor. In the meantime, the Apple movie will hit theaters on November 1 forward of its launch on Apple TV+ on November 22.
