Smoke Drifts Through The Air As Apple TV+ Unveils The First Look At The Upcoming Series
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Carl Roberts 
Taron Egerton leads the cast in the gripping crime drama Smoke, which airs on Apple TV+ and was created by legendary author Dennis Lehane.
Apple TV+ has unveiled a first look at the new crime drama “Smoke,” starring and executive produced by Taron Egerton. And created by Dennis Lehane. The nine-episode series premieres globally on Apple TV+ on Friday, June 27, with the first two episodes. Followed by new episodes every Friday through August 8, 2025.
Inspired by true events. “Smoke” follows a troubled detective and an enigmatic arson investigator as they pursue the trails of two serial arsonists.
CAST
Starring Egerton as arson investigator ‘Dave Gudsen’ and Emmy Award nominee Jurnee Smollett as police detective ‘Michelle Calderone,’ the cast of “Smoke” also features Rafe Spall, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Hannah Emily Anderson, Emmy Award nominee Anna Chlumsky, Adina Porter, Academy Award and Emmy Award nominee Greg Kinnear, and Emmy Award winner John Leguizamo.
BEHIND THE SCENES
“Smoke,” produced by Apple Studios, is a series that Dennis Lehane created, wrote, and executive produced. Taron Egerton works as a co-executive producer with Richard Plepler from EDEN Productions. Bradley Thomas and Dan Friedkin from Imperative Entertainment join Kari Skogland, Joe Chappelle, and Jane Bartelme in the production team.
The fictional series takes inspiration from true events and adapts Media’s acclaimed “Firebug” podcast, hosted by Oscar and Emmy-winning Kary Antholis, who also acts as an executive producer for Crime Story Media, LLC. Emmy Award winner Marc Smerling serves as the executive producer for Truth Podcasting Corp. Skogland, Chappelle, and Jim McKay will direct the series.
Smoke premieres globally on Apple TV+ on June 27th.
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