The Lost Bus
Sign in to saveThe Lost Bus is a 2025 American survival drama film directed by Paul Greengrass, who co-wrote the screenplay with Brad Ingelsby based on the 2021 book Paradise by Lizzie Johnson. It stars Matthew McConaughey, America Ferrera, Yul Vazquez and Ashlie Atkinson. It portrays a fictionalized version of the evacuation of schoolchildren during the 2018 Camp Fire in northern California by bus driver Kevin McKay and teacher Mary Ludwig.
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It is catalogued under topics including 2020s disaster films, 2020s survival films and 2025 American films.
Its subject is documented across 15 Wikipedia language editions.
Film · TMDB
7.0A determined father risks everything to rescue a dedicated teacher and her students from a raging wildfire.
Cast
- Matthew McConaughey as Kevin McKay
- America Ferrera as Mary Ludwig
- Yul Vazquez as Chief Martinez
- Ashlie Atkinson as Ruby Bishop
- Kimberli Flores as Linda
- Levi McConaughey as Shaun
Themes
- california
- based on novel or book
- based on true story
- struggle for survival
- single father
- school bus
- schoolteacher
- 2010s
- firemen
- children in danger
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Official website
The Lost Bus - Apple TV Press
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- survival film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- Camp Fire (2018)
- Director
- Paul Greengrass
- Screenwriter
- Paul Greengrass
- Cast member
- Danny McCarthy
- Composer
- James Newton Howard
- Production company
- Blumhouse Productions
- Filming location
- Ruidoso
- FilmAffinity ID
- 763103
- Official website
- www.apple.com/tv-pr/originals/the-lost-bus
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- title
- The Lost Bus
- distributed by
- Apple TV
- film editor
- Paul Rubell
- Commons category
- The Lost Bus
- publication date
- 2025-09-19
- review score
- 87%
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