Overview

• Apple TV+ released a teaser trailer on June 8 showcasing intense footage of a school bus driver and teacher racing through raging infernos to rescue 22 children.
• Matthew McConaughey portrays bus driver Kevin McKay while America Ferrera plays Mary Ludwig, the teacher who aids in the evacuation during California’s deadliest wildfire.
• Directed by Paul Greengrass and co-written with Brad Ingelsby, the screenplay adapts Johnson’s book Paradise: One Town’s Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire.
• The project is produced by Jason Blum for Blumhouse Productions, Jamie Lee Curtis for Comet Pictures, and journalist Lizzie Johnson serves as executive producer.
• The Lost Bus is slated for a limited theatrical run and streaming debut on Apple TV+ in fall 2025.