October 2019 • Macworld 53APPLE SPECIAL EVENTWill Apple make movies
in addition to TV shows?
Yes. According to a June report from the New
York Post, Apple wants to make six ‘small‑
budget’ movies every year, and it wants these
films to be so good that they’ll be nominated for
Academy Awards.
Apple was reportedly inspired by the stunning
success of Alfonso Cuarón’s 2018 monochrome
drama Roma, which won 2019 Oscars for Best
Director, Best Cinematography, and Best
International Feature despite being made for
Netflix. The company then started approaching
‘elevated’ directors in the hopes of producing
Oscar‑worthy films of its own, each with a budgetCan a muppet teach your
preschooler to code?October 2019 • Macworld 53APPLE SPECIAL EVENTWill Apple make movies
in addition to TV shows?
Yes. According to a June report from theNew
YorkPost, Applewantstomakesix‘small‑
budget’ movies every year, and it wants these
films to be so good that they’ll be nominated for
Academy Awards.
Apple was reportedly inspired by the stunning
success of Alfonso Cuarón’s 2018 monochrome
drama Roma, which won 2019 Oscars for Best
Director, Best Cinematography, and Best
International Feature despite being made for
Netflix. The company then started approaching
‘elevated’directorsinthehopesofproducing
Oscar‑worthy films of its own, each with a budget
Can a muppet teach your
preschooler to code?