“Killers of the Flower Moon” comes to Apple TV+ on January 12

After a long run in theaters that began on October 20 and extended through the holiday season, Apple announced that Flower Moon Killersthe latest epic film from director Martin Scorsese, will be available to stream on Apple TV+ starting January 12.

The announcement, made Apple Original Movies account on X (formerly Twitter), did not specify whether this would be a worldwide release, a US-only release, or a release in select markets. Several respondents to Post X claim that the film is not listed as an upcoming release on Apple TV+ in Italy, for example.

Flower Moon Killers

is an adaptation and dramatization of Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBIa written historical account of the land and oil conflict in the United States between prospectors and the Osage Native American Nation, which included a series of Osage murders.

The film has received critical acclaim and is expected to garner accolades throughout the Hollywood awards season, which ends with the Academy Awards on March 10. Flower Moon Killers is nominated for several Golden Globe Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Original Score and Screenplay, as well as acting nominations for Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio and Lily Gladstone, and is likely to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, following in the footsteps of Codawho received the award in 2022.

Apple has partnered with Paramount to finance and distribute Flower Moon Killers

. it concludes its theatrical run with $156 million worldwide, according to Box Office Mojo.

Originally released theatrically in October 2023, the film became available to rent online last December. The theatrical release schedule first, followed by online rental and streaming services, will likely be the distribution model for Apple’s highest-profile films. This matches the Academy of Arts and Sciences’ qualifications for its Best Picture Oscar category, where a film must be released theatrically for at least seven days total in ten of the top 50 U.S. markets no later than 45 days after release. initial. Another Apple movie, Napoleon

directed by Ridley Scott and starring Joaquin Phoenix as French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, was released in theaters last November and is expected to arrive on Apple TV+ in early 2024.

Scorsese has criticized streaming services and in an essay for Harper’s Magazine about filmmaker Federico Fellini, he lamented that film producers no longer care about “form” and prioritize “content”, but he also acknowledged that streaming “has been good for filmmakers, myself included.”

Although Scorsese and other directors have criticized streaming television, they are certainly taking advantage of audiences’ desire to watch extremely long films. Flower Moon Killers has a running time of 206 minutes, which may have discouraged viewers from seeing the film in theaters. by Scorsese The Irishman, which is on Netflix, is 209 minutes long. When Napoleon releases on Apple TV+, it will be the director’s cut, which Ridley Scott said was 4 hours and 10 minutes long during an interview with Total Film.