Apple orders its first animated series, from the creator of "Bob’s Burgers", and can finish off series produced by the Obama couple

Apple continues its plan for global domination in the world of original content it is enough to see that, of these two news that we will now comment on about “Apple Studios”, one of them involves no one less than the ex-president and ex-first lady of the United States.

But let's start with what is concrete: Variety reported yesterday that Ma ordered its first animated series Loren Bouchard, creator of "Bob’s Burgers". Baptized “Central Park”, the series will be written by Bouchard in partnership with Josh Gad and Nora Smith, and will feature the vocal talents of Gad (which you may know as Olaf, from Frozen), Tituss Burgess, Kristen Bell, Stanley Gucci, Daveed Diggs and Kathryn Hahn.

Loren Bouchard

Right away, Apple ordered two seasons of production, each with 13 half-hour episodes, which, at the very least, is a testament to the company's confidence in the success of production. The history of “Central Park” revolve around a group of caretakers from the homonymous park in New York that saves the world on several occasions (yes, that's right).

The series will be produced by 20th Century Fox Television and has yet to debut.

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Now, world domination: the New York Times reported that the Obama couple is being courted by Netflix for the production of a documentary series and / or interviews. The giant of streaming It is the favorite to close with Michelle and Barack, but two other companies are very interested in getting into history, in case negotiations with Netflix fall apart: Apple and Amazon.

There are still not many details about the production of the Obama couple, but it is speculated that the series would bring conversations about socially relevant issues with important personalities and thinkers of our times, mediated by the former president; in addition, the former first lady would lead another front of the production, with mini-documentaries addressing issues such as child nutrition and well-being.

The Obamas' relationship with Netflix is ​​good enough to see that Barack was the first guest of David Letterman's new series on the platform, but in the entertainment world, everything can change in a second. If Apple emerges victorious from this initiative, have a gold mine on hand to start its original content waterfall with the right foot. To be?

via 9to5Mac, Apple World Today