is the true story of two African American entrepreneurs, Bernard Garrett (Mackie) and Joe Morris (Jackson), who during the 1950s tried to circumvent the racial limitations of the era and take on the establishment by recruiting a working-class white man, Matt Steiner (Hoult) and training him to pose as the head of their business empire while they posed as a janitor and a chauffeur.
Garrett and Morris become two of the wealthiest and most successful real estate owners in the country with Steiner as their frontman, but their success brings about unforeseen risk of exposure that threatens everything. Written by George Nolfi and Niceole Levy and directed by George Nolfi, the movie stars Samuel L. Jackson, Anthony Mackie, Nicholas Hoult, Nia Long in pivotal roles.
"The Banker" will release on December 6, 2019 follwing a digital release on Apple TV+ on January 31,2020.