Matthew McConaughey is returning to the display screen with a vengeance. The long-lasting actor took a six-year break from live-action roles, and now could be again with the transferring true story of a hero in “The Misplaced Bus.”
McConaughey stars as a wayward faculty bus driver who companions with a devoted faculty instructor (America Ferrera) to avoid wasting 22 youngsters from a terrifying inferno. Yul Vazquez, Spencer Watson, and Ashlie Atkinson additionally star. The logline reads: “A decided father dangers the whole lot to rescue a instructor and her college students from a raging wildfire.”
Oscar-nominated “United 93” director Paul Greengrass helms the movie which is impressed by actual occasions. Greengrass and Brad Ingelsby co-wrote the characteristic, primarily based on the guide “Paradise: One City’s Wrestle to Survive an American Wildfire” by Lizzie Johnson. Ingelsby, Jason Blum, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Gregory Goodman are producing the Apple Unique Movie, which the studio deemed a “white-knuckle trip by considered one of America’s deadliest wildfires.” Amy Lord and creator Johnson are government producing.
“The Misplaced Bus” is McConaughey’s second launch of 2025; he additionally led “The Rivals of Amziah King” which premiered in March at SXSW. McConaughey instructed Selection that his time away from Hollywood led to his love of performing being reinvigorated.
“I remembered a few issues: One, how a lot I really get pleasure from performing. Two, I remembered, ‘hey, McConaughey, you’re fairly rattling good at this,’” he stated. “And three, I remembered that performing is a trip for me, and what I imply by trip is that once I’m performing, it’s my singular focus. Once I stroll out the door within the morning, my spouse says, ‘Go kick some ass. I bought the kiddos. We’re good.’ That’s trip. As a result of I’m not multitasking. I’m not compartmentalizing. I’m totally centered on discovering the reality of my character.”
McConaughey is ready to reunite along with his “True Detective” collaborator Nic Pizzolatto for a “Mike Hammer” characteristic primarily based on the personal investigator character. Pizzolatto wrote the screenplay primarily based on the guide collection by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins.
“The Misplaced Bus” premieres in choose theaters on September 19, earlier than debuting globally on Apple TV+ Friday, October 3. Take a look at the trailer under.