Apple TV+ Announces, Renewed, and Unveils Release Dates for Eight Series in Total

Apple TV+ Announces, Renewed, and Unveils Release Dates for Eight Series in Total

Apple TV + was busy on Sunday as it announced a new series, renewed two shows and unveiled release dates for five more. From executive producer Steven Spielberg, the anthology series Amazing Stories arrives on March 6. The Chris Evans-starrer thriller Defending Jacob will premiere on April 24. Apple's first international series from the UK is set to release on 1 May. About Abhinav Homes, and Dear ..., which profiles celebrities, debuting on April 17 and June 5, respectively. The video game dev series Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet and Mystery series Home Before Dark was renewed for season 2. And finally, Apple announced the animated musical comedy, Central Park, from Bob's Burger Maker.

The release date of Spielberg's Amazing Stories was accompanied by a first-glance photo for an episode, "The Rift", directed by Mark Maillot (Succession, Game of Thrones) and Carey Lynn Biese, Whitney Coleman, Trisha Mashburn, Austin Stowell, Edward Burns and Juliana Canfield. Amazing stories come from listeners Eddy Kitsis and Adam Horowitz (Once Upon a Time). Other episodes will feature actors such as Dylan O'Brien (Labyrinth Runner), Victoria Pedretti (AAP), Josh Halloway (Lost), Sasha Alexander (Shameless) and the late Robert Forster.

A miniseries, Defending Jacob is based on the 2012 New York Times, the best-selling novel of the same name by William Lande, a shocking crime that surrounds a small Massachusetts town, and follows an assistant district attorney who finds himself torn between an oath of justice and a duty to maintain unconditional love for his son. Evans stars alongside Michelle Dockery, Jaiden Martell, Cherie Jones, Pablo Schreiber, daughter Gabriel and Sakina Jaffrey. The first three episodes were released on April 24, followed by weekly episodes every Friday.

In the British series Trying, produced by BBC Studios and written by Andy Volton, a couple - played by Reiff Spall and Esther Smith - struggle to conceive. There are a total of eight half-hour episodes to try out, with BAFTA winner Imelda Staunton also from May 1.

The-series Home has a total of nine episodes and will "see the imagination of visionaries who dare to dream and build the world's most innovative homes." Home 2020 is part of the SXSW Film Festival lineup. It premieres on 17 April. Executive produced by Emmy winner RJ. Cutler, Dear ... has 10 episodes and features Oprah Winfrey, Gloria Steenum, Spike Lee, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Yara Shahidi, Stevie Wonder, Ellie Rysman, Misty Copeland and Big Bird.

For two Apple TV + series, which followed a team of video game developers to a second season, Myth Quest: Raven's Banquet, as they navigate the challenges of co-producing and starring a popular video game, Rob McLehany We do; While Home Before Dark Young is inspired by the reporting of investigative journalist Hilde Lysiak, John M. Produced and executive produced by the Chu. Myth Quest: Raven's Banquet Season 1 February 7, and Home Before Dark Season 1 arrives on April 3.

He leaves Central Park, coming from Lauren Bouchard, executive producer Josh Gad (Frozen), and executive producer Nora Smith (Bob's Burgers). It's about "Tillerman, a family that lives in Central Park. Owen, park manager, and Paige, his journalist wife, raise their children Molly and Cole in the world's most famous park, while hotel heirs Bitsy Brandenham and His long-suffering assistant Helen, who would love the park more than it turned on. In condos. "Gad, Leslie Odom Jr., Kristen Bell, in the voice cast Catherine Hahn, Titus Burgess, Dewed Diggs and Stanley Tucci. Central Park premiered in summer 2020 on Apple TV +.