Apple Original Films’ “Emancipation” tells the triumphant story of Peter (Will Smith), a man who escapes from slavery, relying on his wits, unwavering faith and deep love for his family to evade cold-blooded hunters and the unforgiving swamps of Louisiana on his quest for freedom.
The film is inspired by the 1863 photos of “Whipped Peter,” taken during a Union Army medical examination, that first appeared in Harper’s Weekly. One image, known as “The Scourged Back,” which shows Peter’s bare back mutilated by a whipping delivered by his enslavers, ultimately contributed to growing public opposition to slavery.
“Emancipation” will premiere in theaters on December 2, 2022, and globally on Apple TV+ on Friday, December 9, 2022.
MacDailyNews Take: What would have been a veritable awards magnet, is likely not to be, thanks to Smith’s ill-conceived slap of Chris Rock over a rather innocuous joke (at which he first laughed, no less) at the Academy Awards ceremony earlier this year.
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Sure thing (NOT!) The mega-millionaire spoiled baby who’s had steady celebrity status with commensurate huge income will pretend to be a sufferer hero. The coward who cold-cocked a stand-up comedian who hadn’t a clue he was in a fight will show what a hero he is. The so-so talent actor will claim that racism is a forever curse of the society that rewarded him enormously for B-grade mediocracy merit is, like most of Hollyweird, a “victim” (of something, maybe mental illness?) No thanks, I can do without him.
I liked the part where he watches his wife have sex with other men, and then slaps Chris Rock to try and look manly.
Will there be an epic slap fight between Will Smith and whatever enemy he’s facing this time? I’d pay to see that.