The 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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