Apple TV+ debuts trailer for mind-bending sci-fi series “Dark Matter,” starring Joel Edgerton and Academy Award winner Jennifer Connelly
Apple TV+ today unveiled the trailer for its new sci-fi thriller Dark Matter starring Joel Edgerton alongside Academy Award winner Jennifer Connelly, Alice Braga, Jimmi Simpson, Dayo Okeniyi and Oakes Fegley. Based on the blockbuster book by New York Times bestselling author Blake Crouch, the new, nine-episode Apple Original series will premiere globally on Apple TV+ with the first two episodes on Wednesday, May 8, followed by one new episode every Wednesday through June 26, 2024.
PREMISE
Critics and readers alike have lauded Dark Matter as one of the finest science-fiction novels of the decade. This captivating story explores the choices we make in life, and the roads we leave untraveled. The series will follow Jason Dessen (played by Edgerton), a physicist, professor, and family man. As he walked home on the streets of Chicago one night, someone abducted him into an alternate version of his life.

Wonder quickly turns into a nightmare when he tries to return to his reality. Amid the mind-bending landscape of lives he could have lived. In this labyrinth of realities, he embarks on a harrowing journey to get back to his true family. And save them from the most terrifying, unbeatable foe imaginable. Himself.

BEHIND THE SCENES
Crouch serves as creator, executive producer, showrunner and writer alongside executive producers Matt Tolmach and David Manpearl for Matt Tolmach Productions. Edgerton also serves as executive producer. Dark Matter is produced for Apple TV+ by Sony Pictures Television.
Dark Matter joins a growing offering of broadly acclaimed, global hit sci-fi Apple Original series. Including the epic Foundation, which was recently renewed for a third season. As well as Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, Silo, For All Mankind, Invasion and more.
Dark Matter premieres globally on Wednesday, May 8th.
Source: Apple TV+

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