Overview

• Apple TV+ releases the film today following its world premiere at TIFF on September 5 and a limited U.S. theatrical run that began September 19.
• The story follows bus driver Kevin McKay and teacher Mary Ludwig as they work to get schoolchildren to safety during California’s deadliest wildfire.
• Brad Ingelsby co-wrote the screenplay with Greengrass, and the film is produced by Apple Studios with Blumhouse Productions and Comet Pictures.
• Jamie Lee Curtis helped secure the rights and produced the project with a stated focus on honoring the real Paradise community.
• America Ferrera co-stars, and McConaughey appears alongside his son Levi and his mother Kay, with principal photography having started April 1, 2024 in Ruidoso, New Mexico.