Antoine Fuqua and Will Smith Pull ‘Emancipation’ Production from Georgia Due to New Voting Restrictions

Posted on Monday, April 12th, 2021 by Ethan Anderton

Georgia seems to be on everyone’s mind these days as the state has recently enacted new voting restrictions that make it far more difficult for citizens to make their voices heard, especially Black voters living in the state. In response to the new voting restrictions signed into law on March 31, Georgia-based corporations like Coca-Cola and Delta Airlines have spoken out against the new laws, and now it’s starting to impact film productions that bring jobs and revenue to the state.

In a press release, director/producer Antoine Fuqua and producer/star Will Smith announced that they will be moving Apple’s production of the runaway slave drama Emancipation out of Georgia because of the aforementioned voting restrictions passed by the state legislature and signed into law by Governor Brian Kemp. Read More »

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‘Emancipation’, Will Smith and Antoine Fuqua’s Slave Drama, Heads to Apple

Posted on Wednesday, July 1st, 2020 by Chris Evangelista

Apple has scored a huge win, beating out Warner Bros. for Emancipation, an Antoine Fuqua-directed action film starring Will Smith as a runaway slave. It’s another high-profile project for Apple, who also have the Tom Hanks World War II drama Greyhound arriving this year, and recently swooped in to help save Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon.

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‘Emancipation’: Will Smith and Antoine Fuqua to Team Up for Runaway Slave Thriller

Posted on Monday, June 15th, 2020 by Hoai-Tran Bui

Although both Will Smith and director Antoine Fuqua are in the middle of productions halted by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the pair have already lined up a particularly timely project together. Smith and Fuqua are teaming up for the runaway slave thriller Emancipation, based on the true story of Peter, a runaway slave who would escape the Louisiana swamps and join the Union Army.

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