The Dispatcher Sends Apple TV+ The Cast List For The New Thriller Series
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Apple TV+ announces the cast for the upcoming thriller series The Dispatcher, based on the novel of the same name. Get all the details here.
Today, Apple TV+ revealed BAFTA Award nominee Maxine Peake (“Words of War,” “Say Nothing,” “Black Mirror”). Brendan Cowell (“Dune: Prophecy,” “Plum”). Daniel Henshall (“Mickey 17,” “How to Make Gravy”). Jessica Wren (“Mr. Inbetween,” “Return to Devil’s Playground”). Zahra Newman (“Thirteen Lives,” “Addition”). And newcomer Chloe Geisker have been cast in the new six-episode thriller “The Dispatcher,” directed and executive produced by Emmy Award-nominated filmmaker Christian Schwochow (“The Crown,” “Bad Banks,” “Munich – The Edge of War”).
The newly revealed cast joins previously announced Gotham Award winner Patrick Brammall (“Colin from Accounts,” “Evil”) in the lead role.
“The Dispatcher,” set in Australia, is adapted by acclaimed writer and executive producer Kris Mrksa (“Requiem,” “No Escape,” “White House Farm”) from CWA John Creasey Dagger-winning author Ryan David Jahn’s book of the same name.
THE PREMISE
Police detective Ian Hunt’s life fell apart ten years ago when his young daughter Maggie disappeared without a trace. Now working as a police dispatcher, the only thing that has kept him going is his implacable refusal to accept that she might be gone forever. When he receives a distress call from a young girl he is certain is Maggie, he will stop at nothing to find her and reunite his broken family. Whatever the cost.
The series is executive produced by Jamie Laurenson and Hakan Kousetta at 60Forty Films. With executive producers Schwochow, Mrksa, and Joanna Werner at Werner Film Productions.
THRILLING DRAMAS
“The Dispatcher” joins a slate of acclaimed, thrilling dramas on Apple TV+. Including the high-octane hit “Hijack,” starring and executive produced by SAG and Golden Globe Award winner Idris Elba. Beloved, BAFTA and Emmy Award-winning “Slow Horses,” led by Academy Award winner Gary Oldman. And the upcoming “Down Cemetery Road,” starring Academy Award winner Emma Thompson and Golden Globe Award winner Ruth Wilson, among many others.
WHAT APPLE TV+ OFFERS
Apple TV+ offers premium, compelling drama and comedy series. Feature films, groundbreaking documentaries, and kids and family entertainment. It is available to watch across all your favourite screens. After its launch on November 1, 2019, Apple TV+ became the first all-original streaming service to launch around the world. It has premiered more original hits and received more award recognitions faster than any other streaming service in its debut. To date, Apple Original films, documentaries and series have earned 559 wins and 2,567 award nominations and counting. Including multi-Emmy Award-winning comedy “Ted Lasso” and historic Oscar Best Picture winner “CODA.”
Apple TV+ is available on the Apple TV app in over 100 countries and regions. On over 1 billion screens, including iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Vision Pro, Mac, popular smart TVs from Samsung, LG, Sony, VIZIO, TCL and others, Roku and Amazon Fire TV devices, Chromecast with Google TV, PlayStation and Xbox gaming consoles, and at tv.apple.com, for $9.99 per month with a seven-day free trial. For a limited time, customers who purchase and activate a new iPhone, iPad, Apple TV or Mac can enjoy three months of Apple TV+ for free.* For more information, visit apple.com/tvpr and see the full list of supported devices.
Check back here at The Future Of The Force for any further developments on this exciting new series.
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