Smith’s ‘Emancipation’ delayed

In the wake of the slap incident at Oscars 2022, Apple has decided to postpone the release date of Will Smith’s film Emancipation.

As per Variety, the streaming giant is planning to delay the film’s release to sometime in 2023. While Apple has not shared an official date, a source familiar with the situation said, “it’s the unspoken truth” that the action-drama will not hit the platform in 2022.

Emancipation sees Smith portraying a runaway slave named Peter. It is based on a true story from an 1863 photo titled The Scourged Back. ANI