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WME has signed Niv Sultan, the breakout Israeli star of Apple TV+’s spy thriller Tehran. Sultan headlines the eight-part drama, playing Tamar Rabinyan, a Mossad computer hacker-agent undertaking her very first mission in Iran's capital, which is also her place of birth. She started her career in Israel, starring in…

The first week of the 2020-21 television season is almost over, with some of the best saved for last. But before we go there and unveil the show you have to watch this week, let's jump back a bit. As I note in this week’s video review, last week saw the launch of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest prequel Ratched on…

EXCLUSIVE: "We are Israelis, we can't land in Tehran," a very worried passenger (Yakir Shukrun) says in the tense opening minutes of AppleTV+'s new spy thriller Tehran. As you can see in the video above, what seem like a holiday jaunt to India suddenly turns potentially deadly for an Israeli duo due to some engine…

Apple TV+ will premiere Tehran, the espionage thriller it is co-producing with Israeli broadcaster Kan 11, on September 25 internationally. Apple will drop the first three episodes, before switching to weekly installments every Friday. Distributed by Cineflix Rights, the eight-part series features young Israeli…

Apple TV+ has picked up its second Israeli drama series this month after taking the global rights to neo-noir thriller Losing Alice. Apple has partnered with Dori Media on the eight-part show, which is currently airing on HOT in Israel. It premiered at the We Are One: A Global Film Festival and was part of the Cannes…

Apple TV+ has come aboard Israel-Iran espionage thriller Tehran, taking the international rights to the series outside of Israel, where it is being broadcast by Kan 11. Distributed by Cineflix Rights, the eight-part series features young Israeli actress Niv Sultan as Tamar Rabinyan, a Mossad computer hacker-agent…

Homeland‘s Navid Negahban and Iron Man actor Shaun Toub have been cast in the Israel-Iran espionage thriller Tehran (working title) from Moshe Zonder, writer of Netflix's Fauda. Negahban played Abu Nazir in the first season of Homeland and has gone on to star in movies such as Aladdin. Toub played Ho Yinsen in Iron Man…

Moshe Zonder, writer of Netflix's Fauda, has teamed with Alon Aranya, who is producing Showtime's forthcoming Bryan Cranston-fronted drama Your Honor, on Israel-Iran espionage thriller Tehran. Cineflix Rights has boarded the eight-part drama, which is produced for Israeli broadcaster Kan. Tehran (w/t) is the story of…