As wildfires continue to be one of the most dire threats facing many parts of the country, the new Apple film The Lost Bus chronicles the deadliest wildfire in California history. Paul Greengrass directs Matthew McConaughey in a film based on the 2018 Camp Fire, in which a bus driver must navigate a busload of schoolchildren and their teacher to safety.
Here’s the synopsis: Bus driver Kevin McKay and school teacher Mary Ludwig navigate a bus full of children through a deadly wildfire as the town of Paradise is caught in the destruction and chaos.
Greengrass directed the film and co-wrote the screenplay with Out of the Furnace writer Brad Inglesby, based on Lizzie Johnson’s 2021 book Paradise: One Town’s Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire.
Along with McConaughey, The Lost Bus stars American Ferrera, Yul Vazquez, Ashlie Atkinson, and Spencer Watson. Jamie Lee Curtis and Jason Blum are aboard as producers.
The Lost Bus has yet to gain a release date on Apple TV+ but expect that to change soon.
