Matthew McConaughey drives The Lost Bus in teaser for wild fire docudrama
Hail to the bus driver, bus driver-man, Matthew McConaughey, who drives through the smoke to rescue America Ferrera and 22 kids in Paul Greengrass' The Long Bus.
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Seeing as the United States won’t be moving forward with any climate-based policy for, let’s say, the next 100 years, wildfire prevention and safety are more of a problem for individuals to deal with rather than a problem for the federal government to solve. Sure, the fires are getting worse and more frequent, but as long as we have movie stars with Class B commercial driver’s licenses, 22 endangered children will be safe. In the teaser for The Lost Bus, Matthew McConaughey makes it his god-damn business to rescue a pack of flame-imprisoned children from the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California history, the 2018 Camp Fire. The fire, caused by Pacific Gas and Electric’s poor maintenance, killed 85 people, displaced 50,000, and burned 153,000 acres. The utility would later declare bankruptcy and plead guilty to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter.