Apple TV+ has introduced a multi-year, first-look function movie deal with North Highway Firm‘s Chernin Entertainment, the corporate behind “Ford v Ferrari,” “Planet of the Apes,” “Hidden Figures,” and “The Biggest Showman.” Chernin can be producing the Jason Momoa epic miniseries “Chief of Battle,” set for launch on August 1.
“We’ve had an incredible expertise working with Apple on the collection aspect, the place they’ve been good, daring, and all the time supportive — we’re excited to construct on that success by making motion pictures collectively,” North Highway Firm Chairman Peter Chernin mentioned in a press release.
Apple TV+ has a powerful slate of upcoming function movies, together with “F1 The Film” with Brad Pitt, which is ready to hit theaters on June 27. Apple was the primary streaming service to win the Academy Award for Finest Image, as nicely, with 2021’s “CODA.”
Chernin Entertainment was based in 2009, whereas North Road Company was established three years in the past and produces a wide range of content material throughout movie, tv, and streaming platforms. Different North Highway labels embody North Highway Tv, Kinetic Content material, and Phrases + Photos.
This 12 months, Chernin launched “Again in Motion” with Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz on Netflix, in addition to “Worry Road: Promenade Queen.” Upcoming movie releases embody “Apex” with Charlize Theron, “Altar” with Kyle MacLachlan, and the found-footage horror flick “The Backrooms.” Moreover, the collection “Age of Innocence,” “Man on Fireplace,” and “The Physique” are all in manufacturing underneath North Road’s tv banner. Kinetic Content material, in the meantime, is accountable for the huge Netflix unscripted hit “Love is Blind.” Phrases + Photos has launched main documentaries comparable to final 12 months’s acclaimed “Tremendous/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story.”
Chernin has additionally entered the realm of AI final 12 months with his funding in Promise, which boasts prime Generative AI and storytelling expertise.
“There’s something undeniably thrilling about Generative AI, and we’re bullish on George and Promise’s skill to empower storytellers,” Chernin mentioned in November 2024 assertion. “This crew understands that prioritizing artists and creatives is the one method as we start to use Generative AI into the inventive course of, and Promise has probably the most ingenious and user-friendly mannequin we have now seen.”
