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With his main title theme for Defending Jacob, Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds aimed to establish the "fragility" and "melancholy" of parents caught up in a nightmare. Created by Mark Bomback, and directed by Morten Tyldum, the Apple TV+ drama centers on Andy (Chris Evans) and Laurie Barber (Michelle Dockery), a…

With voting for this year’s Emmy nominations coming into the final stretch, today’s episode of our Deadline weekly podcast, TV Talk, once again dives into a handicap of some key races, in this case for Best Limited Series and Best Movie Made for Television. Among top contenders in the uber-crowded Limited Series race…

Chris Evans joins me on today’s episode of my Deadline video series The Actor’s Side and we cover it all, from one of his first jobs in the business (you won’t find it on his IMDb page) to his current role as Boston DA Andy Barber, whose teenage son is accused of murdering another student in Apple’s eight part limited…

“I would never do it unless it was a story worth telling, but from the perspective of at least the people that I've worked with, you know, in a heartbeat,” Defending Jacob star Chris Evans said when I asked a newsy question about the possibility of doing a second season of Apple TV+’s gripping Emmy-buzzed eight-part…

Defending Jacob creator, executive producer and showrunner Mark Bomback appeared as part of Apple TV+’s session at Deadline’s Contenders Television livestream panel and revealed that his eight-hour limited-series adaptation of William Landay's novel was originally meant to be a two-hour movie instead of a longform TV…

Mark Bomback is a screenwriter who has been one of the go-to people in town, with credit or without, on some of the best-known franchises in recent years. His work includes scripts for both Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and War of the Planet of the Apes, as well as uncredited work on Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Li…

In reporting Apple’s Q2 earnings last week, CEO Tim Cook revealed “an all-time record in Services,” noting that Apple TV+ was doing well as more people watched content while under lockdown. The streamer’s latest original scripted series, Defending Jacob, might be a prime example. Apple is known for closely guarding…

Television production remains shut down nearly everywhere except Iceland and South Korea because of the coronavirus pandemic, but the streamers and premium cablers still have a deep bench of new series hitting the small screen. A coterie that will see one offering as the show you have to watch – as you can see by…

Apple has dropped the first trailer for Defending Jacob, its upcoming legal drama headlined and executive produced by Captain America and The Avengers star Chris Evans. Evans reunites with his Knives Out co-star Jaeden Martell in the limited series based on William Landay's bestselling novel. Created and written by…

Non-Spoiler Alert:  The creative team behind the AppleTV+ thriller series Defending Jacob say that reading William Landay's 2012 novel of the same name on which the series is based — or even just Googling the plot — will not spoil the enjoyment of the series. Of course, writer and executive producer Mark Bomback would…

EXCLUSIVE: Apple’s Defending Jacob has rounded out its series regular cast as production gets underway in Boston, we hear. Cherry Jones (The Handmaid’s Tale, 24), Pablo Schreiber (American Gods, First Man), Betty Gabriel (Get Out, Counterpart) and Sakina Jaffrey (Timeless, House of Cards) have been cast opposite Chris…

Downton Abbey alumna Michelle Dockery and It star Jaeden Martell are set as leads opposite Chris Evans in Defending Jacob, Apple’s limited drama series based on William Landay's bestselling novel, from Paramount Television and Anonymous Content. Created and written by Mark Bomback and directed by Morten Tyldum, the…