Apple TV+ just unveiled the first two official photos from the upcoming series Black Bird, a psychological thriller based on true events. The just-released photos feature series stars Taron Egerton and Paul Walter Hauser in prison.
The cast of the six episode series also includes Sepideh Moafi, Greg Kinnear, and Ray Liotta.
Described as a psychological thriller, Black Bird was developed by bestselling author Dennis Lehane and is adapted from James Keene and Hillel Levin’s true crime memoir In With The Devil: A Fallen Hero, A Serial Killer, and A Dangerous Bargain for Redemption. Lehane executive produces along with Taron Egerton, author James Keene, Kary Antholis, and EDEN Productions’ Richard Plepler. Bradley Thomas, Dan Friedkin, and Ryan Friedkin executive produce through Imperative Entertainment and Alexandra Milchan and Scott Lambert executive produce through EMJAG Productions.
Michaël R. Roskam (Bullhead, The Drop) directs the first three episode and executive produces. Jim McKay and Joe Chappelle also direct episodes.
Apple TV+ has set a July 8, 2022 premiere date for the first two episodes. New episodes arrive on subsequent Fridays.
Apple TV+ released the following synopsis of Black Bird:
“Inspired by actual events, when high school football hero, decorated policeman’s son, and convicted drug dealer Jimmy Keene (Egerton) is sentenced to 10 years in a minimum security prison, he is given the choice of a lifetime — enter a maximum-security prison for the criminally insane and befriend suspected serial killer Larry Hall (Hauser), or stay where he is and serve his full sentence with no possibility of parole.
Keene quickly realizes his only way out is to elicit a confession and find out where the bodies of several young girls are buried before Hall’s appeal goes through. But is this suspected killer telling the truth? Or is it just another tale from a serial liar? This dramatic and captivating story subverts the crime genre by enlisting the help of the very people put behind bars to solve its mysteries.”
