Tom Hanks’ WWII epic Greyhound abandons theatrical release, charts a course for Apple TV+

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om Hanks knows better than most how serious the COVID-19 pandemic is, which is likely why he and the team behind his upcoming World War II epic Greyhound have decided not to wait this one out. Deadline reports that, unlike most big-budget studio films, Greyhound will premiere not in a post-COVID world, but as a streaming title on Apple TV+. A new release date is forthcoming, but don’t be surprised if docks at the nascent streamer on Father’s Day weekend, when it was originally slated to premiere in theaters.

Greyhound, the latest in Hanks’ myriad of WWII projects, stars Hanks as “a first-time captain who leads a convoy of allied ships carrying thousands of soldiers across the treacherous waters of the ‘Black Pit’ to the front lines of WW2,” per a synopsis.

Aaron Schneider, who previously directed 2009’s Get Low, directs from a script from Hanks himself. Elisabeth Shue and The Irishman’s Stephen Graham round out the cast of the oceanic action flick, which, based on the below trailer, would assuredly play a lot better on the big screen than the small one.

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