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Apple Original Films unveiled the trailer for its highly anticipated new feature, ‘The Lost Bus.’ The thriller will celebrate its World Premiere as a Special Presentation at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival.

Directed by Academy Award-nominee Paul Greengrass and inspired by real events, the movie is a white-knuckle ride through one of America’s deadliest wildfires, as a wayward school bus driver (Academy Award-winner Matthew McConaughey) and a dedicated school teacher battle to save 22 children from the terrifying inferno.

Written by Greengrass and Brad Inglesby, who also serve as producers, “The Lost Bus” is produced by Gregory Goodman, Jason Blum for Blumhouse Productions, and Jamie Lee Curtis for Comet Pictures. The film is executive produced by Amy Lord and Lizzie Johnson, author of “’Paradise: One Town’s Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire.” In addition to Matthew McConaughey, America Ferrera, Yul Vazquez, Ashlie Atkinson and Spencer Watson also star in the film.

Academy Award nominee Paul Greengrass brings the gripping tale of one of America’s deadliest wildfires to life in The Lost Bus.

The Apple Original Films thriller, starring Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey and Emmy winner America Ferrera, will have its world premiere at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival before arriving in select theaters on Sept. 19 and streaming on Apple TV+ starting Oct. 3.

What's it about?

Inspired by real events, The Lost Bus is a white-knuckle ride through one of America’s deadliest wildfires, as a wayward school bus driver (McConaughey) and a dedicated school teacher (Ferrera) battle to save 22 children from the terrifying inferno.

Who's in the cast?

In addition to McConaughey and Ferrera, Yul Vazquez, Ashlie Atkinson, and Spencer Watson also star in the film.

Watch the trailer Who directed it?

The Lost Bus is directed by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Paul Greengrass, whose acclaimed credits include Bloody Sunday (2002), The Bourne Ultimatum...

Apple Original Films’ trailer for The Lost Bus is a harrowing ride through one of the deadliest fires in California’s history. Inspired by real events, the dramatic thriller will premiere during the Toronto International Film Festival. A limited theatrical release will follow on September 19, 2025, before it makes its streaming debut on Apple TV+ on October 3.

Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey and Oscar nominee America Ferrera lead a cast that includes Yul Vazquez, Ashlie Atkinson, and Spencer Watson. Oscar nominee Paul Greengrass directs from a screenplay he co-wrote with Brad Inglesby, with Paradise: One Town’s Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire‘s authors Amy Lord and Lizzie Johnson executive producing. Producers include Greengrass, Inglesby, Gregory Goodman, Jason Blum, and Jamie Lee Curtis.

“The Lost Bus is a white-knuckle ride through one of America’s deadliest wildfires, as a wayward school bus driver (McConaughey) and a dedicated school teacher (Ferrera) battle...

MatthewMcConaughey goes full-throttle through flames in the latest trailer for The Lost Bus, which is based on the 2018 fires that took place in Paradise, California. Directed by Paul Greengrass, the Apple TV+ thrillersees McConaughey return to feature filmmaking in a harrowing journey through one of America’s deadliest wildfires.

The official trailer for Apple's The Lost Bus features McConaughey and America Ferrera driving their way out of the deadly fires in a school bus full of children. The anxiety-inducing footage does not hold back, showing the fiery destruction of the Californian town and the desperate situation the bus driver finds himself in. Greengrass looks to be at the top of his game here, relentlessly visceral in his approach to capturing the disastrous effects of the wildfire. The Lost Bus arrives in select theaters on September 19 before streaming on Apple TV+ on October 3. Check out the trailer below.

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El actor protagoniza esta historia real basada en uno de los peores incendios forestales en la historia de Ee. Uu. © Apple TV+

Apple Original Films ha compartido el nuevo tráiler de la película Laberinto en llamas (The Lost Bus), dirigida por Paul Greengrass (Capitán Phillips) y escrita por el propio cineasta junto a Brad Inglesby (Mare of Easttown), basada en el libro Paradise: One Town’s Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire.

Inspirada en hechos reales, Laberinto en llamas es un viaje a través de uno de los incendios forestales más mortíferos de la historia de Estados Unidos, en el que un descarriado conductor de autobús escolar (McConaughey) y una comprometida maestra (Ferrera) luchan para salvar a 22 niños del aterrador infierno.

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To date, the 2018 Camp Fire remains the most devastating wildfire in California’s history, leaving 85 dead, 150,000+ acres burned and more than $16 billion in damage. Lizzie Johnson’s book Paradise: One Town’s Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire took a look at the tragic event – and now, director Paul Greengrass is bringing the story to the screen with the film The Lost Bus, which is set to be released in select theatres on September 19th before premiering globally on Apple TV+ on October 3rd. Today, a full trailer for The Lost Bus has dropped online and can be seen in the embed above.

Scripted by Greengrass and Mare of Easttown creator Brad Ingelsby, The Lost Bus is a white-knuckle ride through one of America’s deadliest wildfires, as a wayward school bus driver and a dedicated school teacher battle to save 22 children from the terrifying inferno. Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers...

Matthew McConaughey and America Ferrera are front and center in the gripping new trailer for The Lost Bus, a survival drama based on a true story. Directed by Paul Greengrass and co-written with Brad Ingelsby, the film tells a powerful story of courage, chaos, and a desperate escape through California’s deadliest wildfire.

Inspired by the 2021 nonfiction book Paradise: One Town’s Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire by Lizzie Johnson, the movie focuses on a school bus driver and a teacher who risk everything to save a group of children as the 2018 Camp Fire tears through the town of Paradise.

McConaughey plays Kevin McCay, a man who finds himself in charge of a bus full of terrified students. America Ferrera stars as Mary Ludwig, the teacher helping him navigate through the flames. The trailer, released by Apple Original Films, shows the two racing against time as thick smoke and fire surround them.

"It's not too late..." Apple TV has unveiled the main official trailer for the forest fire thriller The Lost Bus, the latest feature from acclaimed director Paul Greengrass since he made News of the World in 2020. It will premiere first at the 2025 Toronto Film Festival coming up in September before opening limited theaters in September - a quick theatrical release before streaming on Apple TV+. Inspired by real events, The Lost Bus is a white-knuckle ride into one of the scariest wildfires as a wayward school bus driver (played by Matthew McConaughey) and school teacher (America Ferrera) battle to save 22 children from the inferno. The film explores more of what went wrong in California's Camp Fire in 2018, America's deadliest wildfire in a century (85 were killed), and how to prevent future tragedies, also including the story of a bus driver & school teacher who helped kids through the blaze. In addition to McConaughey & Ferrera,...

The first trailer for The Lost Bus has just been released, and it gives a tense and emotional glimpse into one of the most terrifying wildfires in American history. The upcoming survival drama is directed by Paul Greengrass and stars Matthew McConaughey and America Ferrera in a gripping story about bravery, chaos, and survival.

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The film is based on the nonfiction book Paradise: One Town’s Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire by journalist Lizzie Johnson. It tells the real-life story of the 2018 Camp Fire, the deadliest wildfire in California history.

In the movie, McConaughey plays Kevin McCay, a school bus driver who finds himself in a desperate situation as he tries to drive a bus full of kids and a teacher to safety. America Ferrera plays Mary Ludwig, the teacher who joins him on the dangerous journey.

Today, Apple Original Films unveiled the trailer and key art for its new feature, The Lost Bus. The thriller will celebrate its World Premiere as a Special Presentation at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival.

The Lost Bus will debut in select theaters on September 19, 2025, before premiering globally on Apple TV+ on Friday, October 3, 2025.

Directed by Academy Award-nominee Paul Greengrass and inspired by real events, The Lost Bus is a white-knuckle ride through one of America’s deadliest wildfires, as a wayward school bus driver (Academy Award-winner Matthew McConaughey) and a dedicated school teacher battle to save 22 children from the terrifying inferno.

Written by Greengrass and Brad Inglesby, who also serve as producers, The Lost Bus is produced by Gregory Goodman, Jason Blum for Blumhouse Productions, and Jamie Lee Curtis for Comet Pictures.

The film is executive produced by Amy Lord and Lizzie Johnson, author of Paradise: One Town...

Matthew McConaughey is returning to the screen with a vengeance. The iconic actor took a six-year break from live-action roles, and now is back with the moving true story of a hero in “The Lost Bus.”

McConaughey stars as a wayward school bus driver who partners with a dedicated school teacher (America Ferrera) to save 22 children from a terrifying inferno. Yul Vazquez, Spencer Watson, and Ashlie Atkinson also star. The logline reads: “A determined father risks everything to rescue a teacher and her students from a raging wildfire.”

Oscar-nominated “United 93” director Paul Greengrass helms the film which is inspired by real events. Greengrass and Brad Ingelsby co-wrote the feature, based on the book “Paradise: One Town’s Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire” by Lizzie Johnson. Ingelsby, Jason Blum, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Gregory Goodman are producing the Apple Original Film, which the studio deemed a “white-knuckle ride through one of America’s deadliest wildfires.

Matthew McConaughey and America Ferrera protect children from a deadly fire in the new trailer for The Lost Bus.

On Tuesday, Apple TV+ dropped the first official trailer for The Lost Bus, a film inspired by Lizzie Johnson’s book, Paradise: One Town’s Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire, which was about the 2018 wildfire in Paradise, California.

The trailer opens with McConaughey’s character, Kevin, hearing a call for help over the radio that there are “23 kids who are stranded” at an elementary school and need to be picked up and saved from the wildfire. And the children happen to be in Mary’s class (played by Ferrera). A still in the trailer calls the blaze “the deadliest wildfire in California history.”

The film’s official synopsis reads, “The Lost Bus is a white-knuckle ride through one of America’s deadliest wildfires as a wayward school bus driver (McConaughey...

In the first trailer for white-knuckle thriller The Lost Bus, a wayward bus driver (Matthew McConaughey) answers a distress call for a classroom of kids trapped in Ponderosa Elementary School. Led by a dedicated teacher played by America Ferrera, the 23 kids are at risk of being engulfed by the 2018 Camp Fire, the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California history.

The Apple Original Film, based on Lizzie Johnson’s book Paradise: One Town’s Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire and inspired by real events, is written and directed by Paul Greengrass. The first look at the survival drama, which debuted a teaser last month, shows McConaughey and Ferrera race against time and flames on a gridlocked highway.

Writer Brad Inglesby produces alongside Greengrass, along with as Gregory Goodman, Jason Blum for Blumhouse Productions and Jamie Lee Curtis for Comet Pictures. Executive producers are Amy Lord and Johnson. Yul Vazquez,...

“The Lost Bus” is rolling closer.

The Paul Greengrass-directed based-on-a-true-story thriller will premiere at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival before debuting in select theaters on Sept. 19 before making its way to Apple TV+ on Oct. 3. And ahead of that, we’ve got the new trailer, which you can watch below.

Apple Original Films describes “The Lost Bus” as “a white-knuckle ride through one of America’s deadliest wildfires, as a wayward school bus driver (Academy Award-winner Matthew McConaughey) and a dedicated schoolteacher battle to save 22 children from the terrifying inferno.” It was based on the 2021 book “Paradise: One Town’s Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire” by Lizzie Johnson, with the script by “Mare of Easttown” creator Brad Ingelsby and Greengrass.

The movie was produced by Gregory Goodman, Jason Blum for Blumhouse Productions and Jamie Lee Curtis for Comet Pictures. The film is executive produced by Amy Lord and Johnson.

Apple Original Films has unveiled the first look at The Lost Bus, a Paul Greengrass drama in which Matthew McConaughey and America Ferrera portray a school-bus driver and a teacher racing to save 22 children from California’s 2018 Camp Fire. The two-minute teaser, released online this week, positions the film as a tense survival story that will arrive in select cinemas and on Apple TV+ in fall 2025.

Greengrass co-wrote the screenplay with Mare of Easttown creator Brad Ingelsby, adapting reporter Lizzie Johnson’s nonfiction book Paradise: One Town’s Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire. Production is backed by Apple Studios, Blumhouse Productions and Jamie Lee Curtis’ Comet Pictures; Curtis secured the rights after hearing Johnson discuss the disaster on NPR. Jason Blum, Gregory Goodman and Ingelsby produce, with Johnson serving as an executive producer.

The film dramatizes true events that unfolded on 8 November 2018, when a transmission-tower failure sparked the Camp Fire,...

Matthew McConaughey and America Ferrera are responsible for the lives of 23 kids as they navigate California’s Camp Fire in the first teaser trailer for “The Lost Bus,” which Apple released online ahead of the film’s debut this fall.

McConaughey plays a bus driver who volunteers to save a group a kids while Ferrera is their teacher, who is accompanying the children on a field trip when disaster strikes. The movie is based on the 2019 book “Paradise: One Town’s Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire.” Paul Greengrass, the Oscar-nominated filmmaker behind “United 93,” “News of the World” and “The Bourne Supremacy” directed the feature.

“The Lost Bus’ is the story of quiet heroism — of people coming together in the face of the unthinkable. I’m honored to have been entrusted with this story,” Greengrass explained in a release. Greengrass and “Mare of Easttown” creator Brad Inglesby wrote the film’s screenplay.

Paul Greengrass is returning to the genre of survival drama with his latest film, The Lost Bus. It's been five years since the director's last film, News of the World, was released in 2020, and the filmmaker is now teaming with Apple TV+ to distribute this latest project. Much like Greengrass' previous works, Green Zone, Captain Phillips, and July 22, The Lost Bus is based on real events— in this case, California's 2018 Camp Fire, which is still regarded as the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California history. A new teaser released by Apple features Matthew McConaughey, who stars as a bus driver navigating the roads to get children and their teacher to safety amid wildfires and destruction.

The brief one-minute teaser released for the movie (which can be viewed below) depicts Kevin McCay (McCounaughey) reluctantly coming to the decision to volunteer to pick up stranded children as the wildfire begins to grow.

El actor protagoniza esta historia real basada en uno de los peores incendios forestales en la historia de Ee. Uu. © Apple TV+

Apple Original Films ha compartido el primer tráiler de la película Laberinto en llamas (The Lost Bus), dirigida por Paul Greengrass (Capitán Phillips) y escrita por el propio cineasta junto a Brad Inglesby (Mare of Easttown), basada en el libro Paradise: One Town’s Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire.

Inspirada en hechos reales, Laberinto en llamas es un viaje a través de uno de los incendios forestales más mortíferos de la historia de Estados Unidos, en el que un descarriado conductor de autobús escolar (McConaughey) y una comprometida maestra (Ferrera) luchan para salvar a 22 niños del aterrador infierno.

Este emocionante thriller está protagonizado por Matthew McConaughey (Interstellar) y America Ferrera (Barbie). Completan el reparto Yul Vázquez (Separación), Ashlie Atkinson (Infiltrado en el KKKlan) y Spencer Watson (Them), entre otros.

Apple Original Films has unveiled the teaser trailer for ‘The Lost Bus,’ an emotional, action-packed rescue drama directed by Academy Award-nominee Paul Greengrass and inspired by real events.

The movie is a white-knuckle ride through one of America’s deadliest wildfires, as a wayward school bus driver (Matthew McConaughey) and a dedicated school teacher (America Ferrera) battle to save 22 children from the terrifying inferno.

In addition to McConaughey and Ferrera, the cast includes Yul Vazquez, Ashlie Atkinson and Spencer Watson.

Written by Greengrass and Brad Inglesby and based on “Paradise: One Town’s Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire,” by Lizzie Johnson. The film is produced by Ingelsby, Gregory Goodman, Jason Blum for Blumhouse Productions, Jamie Lee Curtis for Comet Pictures.

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Apple TV+’s The Lost Bus sees Paul Greengrass back directing, with Matthew McConaughey in the lead. Here’s the trailer.

At some point later this year, The Lost Bus will premiere on Apple TV+, charting the perilous journey of a school bus full of kids trying desperately to outrun the Californian wildfires that perioically cause so much damage to the state.

Directed by the ever-reliable Paul Greengrass, the film is an adaptation of Lizzie Johnson’s book Paradise: One Town’s Struggle To Survive An American Wildfire.

Paul Greengrass usually excels when he’s working with story rooted in fact (see also: United 93 and Captain Philips) and he certainly seems like a perfect fit for this material.

Matthew McConaughey stars as Kevin McCay – ‘a bus driver who must navigate a bus carrying children and their teacher to safety through the 2018 Camp Fire, which became the deadliest fire in California history.

Matthew McConaughey and America Ferrara star in the upcoming film from Paul Greengrass

An edge-of-your-seat thriller starring Matthew McConaughey? Count me in. The upcoming Apple TV+ film “The Lost Bus” puts McConaughey in the literal driver’s seat as a school bus driver caught in a harrowing dilemma. Faced with the choice between heading home safely to his family or risking everything to navigate raging wildfires to rescue a group of stranded children, we all know which path he takes.

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Directed by Paul Greengrass, the R-rated film promises a gripping and visceral experience. The cast is rounded out by America Ferrara, Yul Vazquez, Ashlie Atkinson, and Spencer Watson. While no official release date accompanied the teaser, “The Lost Bus” is coming soon to Apple TV+.

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Apple TV+ has shared the first trailer for its new movie, The Lost Bus, starring Matthew McConaughey. It marks the actor's first starring role in a widely-released movie in six years.

The survival thriller is based on the book Paradise: One Town's Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire by Lizzie Johnson. Variety reports that the film follows "a wayward school bus driver (McConaughey) and a dedicated school teacher (America Ferrera) [who] battle to save 22 children from the terrifying inferno." The rest of the cast includes Yul Vazquez (Russian Doll), Ashlie Atkinson (Mr. Robot), Spencer Watson and Danny McCarthy (Prison Break).

"The Lost Bus is the story of quiet heroism — of people coming together in the face of the unthinkable. I'm honored to have been entrusted with this story," the film's director, Paul Greengrass, said in a statement shared on Variety. Greengrass co-wrote the film's screenplay with Brad Ingelsby.

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"Is there anybody who can go & pick these kids up?" Apple TV has revealed an the first brief teaser trailer for a film titled The Lost Bus, the latest feature from acclaimed director Paul Greengrass since he made News of the World in 2020. Apple TV+ will be releasing this movie; we've yet to see if they'll be sending it to theaters (perhaps it'll play at a film festival or two this fall?) or just dropping it streaming directly later in the fall. Inspired by real events, The Lost Bus is a white-knuckle ride into one of the deadliest wildfires as a wayward school bus driver (Matthew McConaughey) and school teacher (America Ferrera) battle to save 22 children from the terrifying inferno. The film explores more of what went wrong in California's Camp Fire, America's deadliest wildfire in a century (85 were killed), and how to prevent future tragedies, also including the story...

Apple Original Films has debuted the teaser trailer for the emotional new thriller The Lost Bus, starring Academy Award-winner Matthew McConaughey and Academy Award-nominee America Ferrera

The Lost Bus is an emotional, action-packed rescue drama directed by Academy Award-nominee Paul Greengrass and inspired by real events. Coming fall 2025 to select theaters and on Apple TV+, the film is a white-knuckle ride through one of America’s deadliest wildfires, as a wayward school bus driver (McConaughey) and a dedicated school teacher (Ferrera) battle to save 22 children from the terrifying inferno. The Lost Bus is the story of quiet heroism — of people coming together in the face of the unthinkable. I’m honored to have been entrusted with this story,” says director Paul Greengrass.

The film is written by Greengrass and Brad Inglesby and based on Paradise: One Town’s Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire, by Lizzie Johnson. The film is produced by Ingelsby,...

Today, Apple Original Films unveiled the teaser trailer for The Lost Bus, an emotional, action-packed rescue drama directed by Academy Award-nominee Paul Greengrass and inspired by real events.

Coming fall 2025 to select theaters and on Apple TV+, The Lost Bus is a white-knuckle ride through one of America’s deadliest wildfires, as a wayward school bus driver (Academy Award-winner Matthew McConaughey) and a dedicated school teacher battle to save 22 children from the terrifying inferno.

“‘The Lost Bus’ is the story of quiet heroism — of people coming together in the face of the unthinkable. I’m honored to have been entrusted with this story,” says director Paul Greengrass.

The Lost Bus is written by Greengrass and Brad Inglesby and is based on Paradise: One Town’s Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire, by Lizzie Johnson. The film is produced by Ingelsby, Gregory Goodman, Jason Blum for Blumhouse Productions, Jamie Lee Curtis for Comet Pictures,...

To date, the 2018 Camp Fire remains the most devastating wildfire in California’s history, leaving 85 dead, 150,000+ acres burned and more than $16 billion in damage. It’s no surprise the story is being turned into a movie; now, we have the first teaser for that adaptation, titled The Lost Bus.

The teaser, which came from Apple TV+ this weekend, shows just a part of the scope of the deadly wildfires, with much focus put on Matthew McConaughey’s school bus driver as he takes on the task of filling the bus with children caught up in the disaster. All it takes for him to spring into action is a call asking, “There’s a situation at Ponderosa Elementary. There are 23 kids who are stranded. Is there anybody in the area that can pick them up?”

The Lost Bus seems like a perfect fit for both director Paul Greengrass and McConaughey, who have yet to team up.

As California continues to rebuild after the wildfires earlier this year, Apple’s latest survival drama immortalizes the deadliest fire in the state’s history.

In the first teaser for Paul Greengrass’ The Lost Bus, premiering this fall in select theaters and on Apple TV+, Matthew McConaughey plays school bus driver Kevin McCay, who navigates infernal danger to rescue 23 stranded kids and their teacher Mary Ludwig (played by America Ferrera) from the 2018 Camp Fire.

The film also stars Yul Vazquez, Ashlie Atkinson and Spencer Watson.

Co-written by Greengrass and Brad Inglesby, The Lost Bus is inspired by true events featured in Lizzie Johnson’s 2021 book Paradise: One Town’s Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire. Igniting in Butte County in November 2018, the Camp Fire caused 86 fatalities and burned more than 150,000 acres.

“The Lost Bus is the story of quiet heroism — of people coming together in the face of the unthinkable.

The first teaser trailer for Apple TV's The Lost Bus provides a glimpse of Matthew McConaughey's long-anticipated return to the big screen. Directed by noted thriller director Paul Greengrass, The Lost Bus sees Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey and Oscar-nominee America Ferrera team up to save a group of schoolchildren from a blazing, deadly wildfire. Set for release this fall on Apple TV+ and in select cinemas, The Lost Bus promises to be an emotional, high-stakes, and all-too-relevant thriller, based on journalist Lizzie Johnson's firsthand account of California's Camp Fire, Paradise: One Town's Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire.

The trailer for the Apple TV+ original film begins by following McConaughey's character, a school bus driver, as he hears about a dangerous situation unfolding at a local elementary school. It seems he has a choice to make: will he risk his life to save those in need, or will...

Since his acclaimed 2013 drama Captain Phillips, Paul Greengrass has had a bit of a rocky career. There was an unnecessary return to the Bourne franchise, the misstep that was 22 July, and the pandemic-hobbled release of News of the World. He’s now back five years later with hopefully a strong return to form. The Lost Bus, scripted by Brad Inglesby and based on Lizzie Johnson’s Paradise: One Town’s Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire, will arrive this fall in theaters and on Apple TV+. Ahead of the release, the first trailer has now arrived.

Here’s the synopsis: “The Lost Bus is a white-knuckle ride through one of America’s deadliest wildfires, as a wayward school bus driver (Academy Award-winner Matthew McConaughey) and a dedicated school teacher battle to save 22 children from the terrifying inferno.”

“The Lost Bus is the story of quiet heroism — of people coming together...

Apple Original Films has released the official teaser trailer for The Lost Bus, giving a first glance at Matthew McConaughey and America Ferrera in the forthcoming dramatic thriller centered around California’s 2018 Camp Fire.

The film is based on Lizzie Johnson’s fact-based novel Paradise: One Town’s Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire, which chronicles the state’s deadliest fire ever. The Oscar winner and nominee, respectively, star as Kevin McKay and Mary Ludwig, a bus driver and a teacher, who helped rescue a bus full of children.

In the teaser, a dispatcher can be heard saying, “There’s a situation at Ponderosa Elementary. There are 23 kids who are stranded. Is there anybody in the area that can pick them up?”

McConaughey’s Kevin can be seen picking up a walkie-talkie to seemingly answer the dispatcher’s call. Later, a harrowing clip of a school bus driving through a blaze is shown.

Exclusive: Apple Original Films’ Camp Fire drama The Lost Bus has rounded out its cast with the addition of Ashlie Atkinson (BlaKkKlansman) and Spencer Watson (Them).

Details as to their roles are under wraps. But they join an ensemble that also features Matthew McConaughey, America Ferrera and Yul Vazquez.

Based on Lizzie Johnson’s novel Paradise: One Town’s Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire, the film is set during the disastrous 2018 Camp Fire that became the deadliest fire in California history. The story is told through the perspective of heroic bus driver Kevin McKay and schoolteacher Mary Ludwig, who helped navigate a bus full of children through a deadly wildfire, as the town of Paradise is caught in destruction and chaos.

Paul Greengrass is directing from a script by Brad Ingelsby. Jamie Lee Curtis’ Comet Pictures, Jason Blum’s Blumhouse, Ingelsby and Greg Goodman are producing, with Lizzie Johnson...

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Downeast is the very downbeat tale of a cold case murder. Mikey (Spencer Watson) and Tommy (Greg Finley) are best of buddies: Tommy is on the verge of dating Mikey’s sister, Emma (Dylan Silver). Then tragedy strikes. Mikey is murdered, in an incident that “no-one knows nuffink about.” Unless you count small fish crime lord Kerrigan (Judson Mills) or his homicidal henchperson Brennan (Joss Glennie-Smith). But they’re not saying neither!

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