Screen Actors Guild Awards nominee Taron Egerton (Rocketman) is teaming up with bestselling author Dennis Lehane once again on a series set up at Apple TV+. Actor/executive producer Egerton, series creator/writer/executive producer Lehane, and executive producers Richard Plepler, Kary Antholis, Bradley Thomas, and Dan Friedkin from Apple TV+’s critically acclaimed Black Bird are reuniting for another drama inspired by true events.
Per Apple TV+: “Firebug will follow a troubled detective and an enigmatic arson investigator (played by Egerton) as they pursue the trails of two serial arsonists.”
Firebug is inspired by truth.media’s “Firebug” podcast about arsonist John Leonard Orr hosted by Oscar and Emmy-winning Kary Antholis (One Survivor Remembers). Truth Podcasting Corp’s Marc Smerling’s involved as an executive producer.
John Orr was employed by the Glendale Fire Department in Southern California as a fire captain and arson investigator. It was discovered Orr was responsible for a series of fires that took four lives, and he was ultimately convicted of arson and murder.
Lehane developed the series based on Orr’s story, and Apple Studios is on board to produce.
Taron Egerton’s credits include the Kingsman films, Billionaire Boys Club, Eddie the Eagle, and Robin Hood. Egerton will soon by seen in the Apple Original Film Tetris: The Movie.
