- We now have the first trailer for “BlackBerry,” a film about the rise and fall of the world’s first major smartphone brand.
- It looks a lot like “The Big Short,” a film about the 2008 housing market crash.
- You can see the movie in theaters on May 12.
The iPhone is the device heralded as the beginning of the modern smartphone era. But before the iPhone, there was a different top dog of the portable handset world: BlackBerry.
On May 12, 2023, we’ll see a BlackBerry film land in theaters, which will tell the true story of the company’s rise (and subsequent fall). The first trailer for the film — aptly titled “BlackBerry” — launched today and can be seen in the video player above.