Apple TV+ has unveiled fresh photos from their forthcoming drama, Raymond & Ray, starring Ewan McGregor and Ethan Hawke, just weeks before the film’s world debut at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival on September 12. Three fresh photos have been released; the first shows Ewan McGregor and Ethan Hawke standing in a kitchen; the other two were shot in cemeteries; both settings are appropriate for the film’s subject. In the second photo, Hawke and Vondie Curtis Hall are having a chat while relaxing on a stone seat. Maribel Verd (The Flash) and Sophie Okonedo (The Wheel of Time, Death on the Nile) are seen having a picnic next to a gravestone in the final picture. The narrative of Raymond (McGregor) and Ray (Hawke), two half brothers, is told in Rodrigo Garcia’s (Albert Nobbs, In Treatment) Raymond & Ray.
Because of the death of their abusive father, the siblings are finally free to start over and leave the shadow of their father’s tyrannical rule behind them for good. The new photos include a cast that also includes Todd Louiso, Tom Bower, and a number of others that have already been revealed for the project. Just last week, it was revealed that Apple TV+ will be the exclusive home of Raymond & Ray on October 21, 2022, about a month after the film’s formal premiere at TIFF. Oscar-winning director Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity) is producing the film alongside Bonnie Curtis and Julie Lynn through Mockingbird Pictures. Gabriela Rodriguez and Shea Kammer are also involved as executive producers.
Along with Mockingbird Pictures and Cuarón’s Esperanto Film Limited, Apple Studios will be producing the film. Production of Raymond and Ray began in Virginia in October of last year and ended in November. Following its world premiere at TIFF 2022, Apple TV+ will air Raymond & Ray for the first time on October 21.
Synopsis
‘Raymond & Ray’ follows two brothers, Raymond and Ray, who have grown up under the shadow of their abusive father. They still share a sense of humour, and his burial gives them an opportunity to start again. There’s rage, anguish, foolishness, maybe even love, and always a little bit of gravedigging.