Apple TV+ greenlights Hugh Laurie thriller The Wanted Man from All3’s New Pictures, Observatory

Apple TV+ has commissioned The Wanted Man, an eight-episode drama from Hijack and Lupin creator George Kay and starring British actor Hugh Laurie.

Hugh Laurie in The Night Manager

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Produced by All3Media-backed New Pictures and Kay’s Observatory Pictures, the series charts the rise and fall of the elusive and powerful head of a notorious British crime syndicate called The Capital.

Kay is the creator, writer and showrunner on the show, which also stars Thandiwe Newton, Fionn Whitehead, Gina McKee, Hazel Doupe, Elliott Heffernan and Stephen Dillane.

Other executive producers on the project include Willow Grylls (The Missing) and Matt Sandford (The Long Shadow).

The Wanted Man is being directed by filmmaker Jakob Verbruggen, whose credits include The Fall, London Spy and Dark Matter.