Apple Original Films has set an October 9 opening in select cinemas for Tenzing, followed by a global Apple TV debut on October 16. Jennifer Peedom directs the drama, which is based on the 1953 expedition that put Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary on the summit of Mount Everest.
The announced cast includes Genden Phuntsok as Norgay, Tom Hiddleston as Hillary, Willem Dafoe as expedition leader John Hunt, Caitríona Balfe as Jill Henderson and Thinley Lhamo as Dawa. Apple presented the film at a London premiere on October 1.
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