Apple Authentic Movies’ Napoleon from Ridley Scott has been cleared for launch in China and can open on December 1.

Sony Photos handles worldwide distribution on the epic function starring Joaquin Phoenix because the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, whose ego and urge for food for army conquest took him throughout Europe, Egypt, Russia and finally into exile earlier than returning for one final marketing campaign.

Napoleon additionally focuses on the titular character’s obsessive love for Josephine, performed by Vanessa Kirby.

The function  opens in North America on November 22 heading into the five-day Thanksgiving vacation weekend.

It marks awards season’s second main Apple Authentic to open inside simply over one month following Martin Scorsese’s Killers Of The Flower Moon, on which Apple companions with worldwide distributor Paramount Photos.

That movie, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone and Robert De Niro, has amassed a bit over $138m worldwide, of which $68m comes from North America.

Apple is partnering with Common on the February 2024 world launch of Matthew Vaughn’s spy thriller Argylle starring Henry Cavill and Dua Lipa.