‘The Banker’ Trailer: Samuel L. Jackson, Anthony Mackie Star In Film On Black Entrepreneurs

They built an empire like nobody’s business. Samuel L. Jackson, Anthony Mackie (who are teaming back up after their Marvel Cinematic Universe exploits), Nia Long, and Nicolas Hoult star in The Banker, an Apple Original Film based on real-life events surrounding two black entrepreneurs. Following the path of The Elephant Queen and Hala, The Banker will hit theaters before Apple TV+. Apple will give it a limited theatrical release starting December 6 to qualify it for awards consideration. It will be available to stream in January.

Based on a true story, “The Banker” centers on revolutionary businessmen Bernard Garrett (Anthony Mackie) and Joe Morris (Samuel L. Jackson), who devise an audacious and risky plan to take on the racially oppressive establishment of the 1960s by helping other African Americans pursue the American dream. Along with Garrett’s wife Eunice (Nia Long), they train a working-class white man, Matt Steiner (Nicholas Hoult), to pose as the rich and privileged face of their burgeoning real estate and banking empire – while Garrett and Morris pose as a janitor and a chauffeur. Their success ultimately draws the attention of the federal government, which threatens everything the four have built.

Watch the trailer below:

The drama is directed by George Nolfi (“The Adjustment Bureau”) and produced by Joe Viertel. It is written by Niceole Levy, Nolfi, David Lewis Smith and Stan Younger from a story by David Lewis Smith, Younger, and Brad Caleb Kane. Mackie and Nnamdi Asomugha are among the executive producers.

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