Apple has spent the past few years building a reputation as a dependable home for the thriller. On the TV side, Severance turned corporate paranoia into the streamer’s defining hit, and its film division has been quietly working a similar lane with mid-budget entries like The Gorge and Echo Valley. None of these movies make the biggest headlines, but together they’ve given Apple a steady identity while its larger theatrical swings come and go. The next film in that pipeline, though, has kept an unusually low profile.

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