Chris Pratt shifts to a calmer motion function, taking part in a Navy SEAL veteran who’s coaching his nephew in Apple TV’s Approach of The Warrior Child.
Marc (Jude Hill) is struggling in center faculty, falling behind and getting bullied by his classmates. Pratt’s character, Jake, an injured, adorned Navy SEAL vet, visits Marc and his mother, Sarah (Linda Cardellini), to heal and recuperate. Whereas there, Jake devises a program he calls “Operation Warrior Child” based mostly on his SEAL coaching. He needs to assist Marc really feel extra assured.
The coaching is not a lot about studying find out how to combat, however moderately, Jake tries to point out Marc what actual braveness is. It is about confronting your demons alongside the best way.
At Apple TV’s Press Day, it was introduced that Pratt, Cardellini, Hill, and Jocko Willink’s new movie will debut globally on Apple TV on November 20, 2026. Joseph McGinty Nichol, referred to as MCG, is directing Apple TV’s upcoming film. This new picture exhibits Pratt and Hill collectively, and Approach Of The Warrior Child is predicated on a 2017 novel by Willink of the identical title.
In an interview with Deadline, Pratt spoke about his new function as a Navy SEAL and acknowledged that, “What I really feel particularly drawn to with my character, Jake, is the chance to painting a personality that appears to be lacking in up to date popular culture, in addition to within the lives of so many younger individuals: a conscious portrayal of wholesome masculinity.”
“Jake makes use of elementary ideas he realized within the Navy SEALs to show his nephew to achieve confidence in himself, in addition to to develop mentally and bodily stronger in an effort to overcome adversity akin to coping with bullies, bettering grades in school, and extra.”
Primarily based on the bestselling novel by former Navy SEAL Willink, Approach of the Warrior Child is from a screenplay by American screenwriter and producer Will Staples. He’s recognized for writing navy and action-driven tasks, like With out Regret and The Proper Stuff.
Earlier than this movie, Chris Pratt performed a Navy SEAL character, James Reece, in The Terminal Listing and its prequel collection, The Terminal Listing: Darkish Wolf, as Pratt is understood for comparable militant, action-forward motion pictures, together with his character Owen Grady within the Jurassic World collection.
15-year-old Hill has performed roles much like Marc, too, akin to Buddy, a delicate, observant youngster, navigating bullying and rising up within the film Belfast, in addition to Leopold Ferrier in A Haunting in Venice.
Primarily based on earlier conversations and interviews, Approach of the Warrior Child appears to be leaning in direction of a family-friendly, value-driven story, extra so than a high-action movie. Alongside Pratt and Hill, who’re the main target of Apple TV’s launched picture, the solid consists of Cardellini, Willink, Ava Torres, Levi McConaughey, Darien Sills-Evans, McDowell, Parker Younger, and extra.
Approach of the Warrior Child shall be launched on Apple TV on November 20, 2026.
- Birthdate
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June 21, 1979
- Birthplace
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Virginia, Minnesota, USA
- Peak
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6 toes 2 inches
- Professions
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Actor, Voice Actor