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Apple TV+ orders UK drama from ‘Vera’ creator, starring Peter Capaldi & Cush Jumbo

Apple TV+ is expanding its crime drama offering with an eight-part show starring Peter Capaldi and Cush Jumbo. Criminal Record is in production in London, UK, and is being produced by Tod Productions and STV Studios. It is described as “a powerful, character-driven thriller set in the heart of contemporary London” that tracks how an anonymous phone […]

Apple TV+ takes Colin Farrell’s ‘Sugar’ drama to series

Apple TV+ has ordered its ‘genre-bending’ detective show Sugar to series, with Colin Farrell set to star. The drama is from creator and executive producer Mark Protosevich (The Cell, I Am Legend) and will be directed by Fernando Meirelles (City Of God, Constant Gardner). Meirelles and Farrell will exec produce alongside Deadpool’s Simon Kinberg, Audrey Chon […]

TBI Tech & Analysis: What the Nordics tell us about streaming’s future

The Nordics have always tended to be at the forefront of global streaming trends, neatly reflected by the 55 SVODs operating in the region at the end of 2021. Tony Gunnarsson, principal analyst at research powerhouse and TBI sibling Omdia, reflects on the past decade and picks out key trends for the future. In the […]

Apple eyes streaming & ad focus in services shakeup

Apple, which this week has officially retired the iPod, is reportedly planning a major shakeup of its services business, which includes SVOD Apple TV+. Following the breakout success of Ted Lasso’s second season in 2021, Apple TV+ has garnered a cult following this year thanks to hits including Severance, The After Party and streaming’s first […]

Apple TV+ inks overall deal with Tom Hanks’ Playtone & orders Noel Fielding comedy

Apple TV+ has inked an exclusive multi-year overall deal with Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman’s firm Playtone. The deal will see Playtone develop, produce and distribute programming encompassing series, limited series, documentaries and unscripted projects, for a global audience. This new partnership with Playtone builds on Apple’s existing film and series relationship, which includes the […]

Apple TV+ lands ‘The White Darkness’ with Tom Hiddleston & ‘Pachinko’s Soo Hugh

Apple TV+ has made a series order for The White Darkness, starring Tom Hiddleston (The Essex Serpent) who will also serve as executive producer. The show is based on David Grann’s nonfiction work of the same name and will be a co-production between Apple Studios and Universal Content Productions (UCP), having been developed by Soo […]

Exclusive: Apple TV+ hires StudioCanal alum as first French originals exec

Apple TV+ is spreading its commissioning reach across Europe with its first senior hire in France, TBI has learned. Georgetta Curavale will lead on all Apple TV+ originals in the country and reports into Jay Hunt, the streamer’s creative director for Europe. The streamer has been ramping up its French output lately, with Liaison from Ringside Studios […]

Scripted round-up: UK’s Eleven names creative director; Apple TV+ adapts ‘Dark Matter’; C More embraces ‘Evil’

Eleven ups Carissa Hope Lynch to creative director Eleven, the Sony Pictures Television-owned prodco behind Sex Education has promoted Carissa Hope Lynch to creative director. Hope Lynch, who will report to Eleven founders Joel Wilson and Jamie Campbell, joined the company in 2019, working on projects including White Story for Netflix and the upcoming YA […]

Apple TV+ marks streaming first with ‘Coda’s Oscar for Best Picture

Apple TV+ has become the first streaming service to claim the coveted Best Picture gong at the Academy Awards. After less than three years in operation, Apple TV+ won the Best Picture Oscar with Coda, the Siân Heder-directed drama about the only hearing member of a deaf family. The film is based on 2014 French movie […]

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