Rob Peace Preview Sets Digital Release Date for Chiwetel Ejiofor Drama

We are debuting an exclusive Rob Peace preview, setting the digital release date for the biographical drama starring and directed by Academy Award-nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor.

When does Rob Peace release digitally?

The film is set to release digitally on September 10, 2024. Rob Peace is based on the 2014 biography The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace by Jeff Hobbs and follows the story of Peace, an intellectually brilliant young man who leaves his home in New Jersey to attend Yale University.

In the preview, Peace (Will) having a conversation with his girlfriend (Camila Cabello) about their plans for the future. A later scene also sees Peace and his father (Ejiofor) having a conversation in prison, where Peace’s father is.

Check out the extended preview for Rob Peace below

“The film follows the true story of a brilliant young man (Will) torn between his father’s shadowed past and his own promising future,” reads the synopsis. “Raised by his devoted mother (Blige), Rob risks everything he has worked for to free his imprisoned father (Ejiofor).”

Rob Peace is written and directed by Ejiofor, who also stars in the project. Alongside Ejiofor, Rob Peace also stars Jay Will, Mary J. Blige, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Michael Kelly, Mare Winningham, and Camila Cabello. It is executive produced by Blige, Jamin O’Brien, Morgan Earnest, Luke Rodgers, Jeff Skoll, Robert Kessel, Bruce Evans, Faye Stapleton, Ali Jazayeri, and David Gendron. Producers are Antoine Fuqua, Rebecca Hobbs, Jeffrey Soros, Simon Horsman, Andrea Calderwood, Kat Samick, Alex Kurtzman, and Jenny Lumet.