McG’s Way of the Warrior Kid for Apple TV will show audiences the way this November.
The streamer Tuesday revealed a global release date of Nov. 20, as well as a first look at images from the Apple Original Films project based on the novel by Jocko Willink and starring Chris Pratt, Linda Cardellini and Jude Hill. The news dropped at Apple TV’s press day at Santa Monica’s Barker Hangar, where the three stars joined Willink in a moderated conversation on stage.
The project is based on Willink’s novel Way of the Warrior Kid: From Wimpy to Warrior the Navy SEAL Way. It centers on Marc, who is experiencing a nightmare middle school experience. A good kid who is bullied by his classmates, he struggles with feeling like he’s behind in everything, from academics to physical education to making friends. His life changes when his injured uncle Jake, played by Pratt, who is a decorated Navy SEAL, comes to spend the summer with him while recuperating. Jake devises an ambitious play called “Operation Warrior Kid” to help Marc defend himself. In the process, Jake shows Marc what real courage is while facing down his own demons.
McG directed from a script by Will Staples (Without Remorse). Pratt, Cardellini and Hill star alongside Ava Torres, Levi McConaughey, Darien Sills-Evans, Carl McDowell, Parker Young and more.
Hailing from Apple and Skydance Media, Way of the Warrior Kid is produced by Skydance’s David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Don Granger, alongside McG and Mary Viola for Wonderland Sound, Chris Pratt for Indivisible Productions, Ben Everard for Everard Entertainment, Bruce Wayne Gillies and author Jocko Willink. Will Staples, Steven Bello and Cliff Lanning serve as executive producers.
