1/29/2021
Justin Timberlake plays an ex-con stuck caring for a kid in Fisher Stevens’ drama.
Just a few months ago, Juno Temple helped give the fledgling Apple TV+ service its first must-see:
Ted Lasso, a practically perfect comedy series that radiated decency and hope in a world that.well,
you were there. She’s very much on the other side of the coin in her reunion with the streaming service, playing a drug-addicted single mom so neglectful that abandoning her kid to the care of a just-released felon is actually a step in the right direction.
That ex-con is the eponymous hero of Fisher Stevens’
It’s been a while since we’ve seen
Justin Timberlake onscreen, let alone in a dramatic role (no, the
Trolls movies don’t count). But the multi-hyphenate is flexing his acting chops again in
Palmer, a new Apple TV+ drama film in which Timberlake stars as an ex-con who adjusts to life after prison, and finds himself unexpectedly caring for a gender non-conforming boy. Watch the
Palmer trailer below.
Palmer Trailer
Black Snake Moan and later,
The Social Network. But the singer-songwriter-actor-producer is a busy guy, and it’s no wonder he hasn’t had time to really take the lead in a drama film mostly turning up to steal scenes in the aforementioned films and
Apple TV+ has revealed the
Palmer trailer, which previews the streaming service’s original film directed by Fisher Stevens and starring Justin Timberlake.
Palmer will be available January 29, 2021 on Apple TV+.
In the film, former high school football star Eddie Palmer (Justin Timberlake) went from hometown hero to convicted felon, earning himself 12 years in a state penitentiary. He returns home to Louisiana, where he moves back in with Vivian (June Squibb), the grandmother who raised him.
While trying to keep his head down and rebuild a quiet life for himself, Palmer is haunted by memories of his glory days and the suspicious eyes of his small town community.