One more week, one more batch of news involving the Apple TV +. And today we have everything from the announcement of new productions to the exit of an important name of the service, and one to the charity of Ma involving one of its original contents.
Let's take a look at everything, then.
Severance
The first news of the day comes from Hollywood Reporter: Apple signed a contract to produce the series Severance, written / directed by Ben stiller (“A Night at the Museum”) and starring Adam Scott (Parks and Recreation).
Adam Scott and Ben StillerCreated by Dan Erickson, the dramatic series is set in the workplace of a fictional company called Lumen Industries, which aims to "bring the balance between work and personal life to a new level." Scott play Mark, a man from the dark past who tries to reestablish his own life with a job at such a mysterious company.
Apple has commissioned a first season with ten episodes, and the series will be co-produced by Endeavor Content which is already responsible for See, one of the first original Apple TV + series. No recordings or release date yet.
Press from Truth Be Told
It happened last night at The Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Los Angeles (California, USA), the premiere of Truth Be Told series to be released in a few weeks on Apple TV +.
Stars were Octavia Spencer, Aaron Paul, Lizzy Caplan, Elizabeth Perkins, Michael Beach, Mekhi Phifer, Tracie Thoms, Haneefah Wood and Ron Cephas Jones, as well as executive producer Reese Witherspoon.
The dramatic series follows the life of Poppy Parnell (Octavia Spencer) a podcaster who coerced into reopening a murder case which made her a national sensation. With this, she comes face to face with Warren Cave (Aaron Paul) the man she, perhaps mistakenly, put behind bars.
The first three episodes of Truth Be Told I will arrive at the Apple TV + on the day December 6th, with new episodes coming out every Friday.
Donate by “The Elephant Queen”
Meanwhile, Apple has announced a good environmental conservation initiative involving the original documentary. “The Elephant Queen”, now available on Apple TV +. For each person who watches production on the service in 2019, Ma will make a donation to help protect endangered elephants in the area where the documentary was filmed.
Although Apple has not specified the value of these donations or the specific institutions that will receive the funds, the announcement is a great incentive for more people to check out the very interesting documentary, by the way.
Ken Rozenfeld's Exit
Finally, the deadline informed the exit of Ken Rozenfeld from Apple TV +. The executive was one of the first contractors for the service, still in 2017, and headed the department of scripted and non-scripted (documentary) productions currently underway.
Rozenfeld, however, did not distance himself that much from Cupertino: he returned to the company he founded, Half Full Productions Apple has signed a first-bid deal with Apple and is expected to continue working with Ma in the future. The difference is that the executive must play a more creative role there than his management position at Apple.
Because of Rozenfeld's departure, Apple TV + has undergone a small change at the top of the chain: Matt Cherniss, head of development of scripted productions, now also oversees the productions of the type currently underway. J Molly thompson, head of development of documentary productions, will also be responsible for the documentary series currently being produced on the platform.
via iMore, AppleInsider
