Apple TV+ heats up this summer season with the true-crime drama Smoke, set to ignite small screens worldwide on June 27 with investigators on the path of two serial arsonists. The streamer revealed the primary have a look at the nine-episode collection, starring and govt produced by Taron Egerton, in mid-April. And now you may watch a trailer, launched Thursday, under.
Impressed by the favored podcast Firebug, Smoke reunites the artistic staff behind Apple’s critically acclaimed restricted psycho-drama Black Chicken. It ought to attraction to followers of crime dramas, psychological thrillers and the earlier Dennis Lehane-Egerton collaboration on Black Chicken. Smoke appears like a must-watch addition to the Apple TV+ lineup.
Replace: Apple TV+ simply launched a brand new trailer for upcoming drama collection Smoke. Clocking in at simply over 2 minutes, the tense trailer pits two would-be allies — the Hearth Dept. arson investigator performed by Egerton and the Police crime scene professional performed by Jurnee Smollett — in opposition to one another in a psychological sport with a timer on it. When will the arsonists, whoever they’re, kill once more? And at the least certainly one of them could be Egerton’s character.
Pictures and trailer: Taron Egerton chases arsonists in Smoke on Apple TV+
Smoke tells the story of a high-stakes cat-and-mouse sport impressed by true occasions, Apple TV+ stated. Egerton (Black Chicken, Tetris) stars as Dave Gudsen, an arson investigator who companions with decided police detective Michelle Calderone, performed by Emmy Award-nominee Smollett (The Order, Lovecraft Nation). They monitor the damaging paths of two serial arsonists. The collection guarantees to ship the identical psychological depth and suspenseful storytelling that made Black Chicken well-liked and acclaimed on the platform.
Watch the trailer for Smoke on Apple TV+
Smoke: First-look pictures
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The star-studded forged options a powerful lineup of expertise, together with 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.
Primarily based on podcast, created and written by novelist
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Created by Lehane (Mystic River, Shutter Island, Gone Child Gone), who additionally serves as author and govt producer, Smoke attracts inspiration from the well-liked Firebug podcast on Apple Podcasts. The fictional adaptation brings new depth to the chilling material whereas sustaining the podcast’s compelling narrative strategy, Apple TV+ stated.
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The collection options a powerful artistic staff behind the scenes. Egerton pulls double obligation as each star and govt producer, working alongside Richard Plepler for EDEN Productions, Bradley Thomas and Dan Friedkin by means of Crucial Leisure, and administrators Kari Skogland, Joe Chappelle and Jane Bartelme.
With Smoke, Apple TV+ continues its technique of attracting top-tier expertise each in entrance of and behind the digicam because it continues constructing a popularity for high quality programming.
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Watch dramas on Apple TV+
Smoke premieres with its first two episodes on Friday, June 27, adopted by new episodes each Friday by means of August 8. With different dramas awaiting you within the meantime, Apple TV+ is offered by subscription for $9.99 with a seven-day free trial. You can even get it by way of any tier of the Apple One subscription bundle. Prospects who purchase a brand new iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Mac or iPod contact can take pleasure in three months of Apple TV+ without spending a dime.
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After launching in November 2019, “Apple TV+ turned the primary all-original streaming service to launch all over the world, and has premiered extra authentic hits and obtained extra award recognitions sooner than another streaming service. Thus far, Apple Authentic movies, documentaries and collection have been honored with 471 wins and a pair of,090 award nominations and counting,” the service stated.
Apple TV+ is residence to greater than 200 unique films and TV exhibits (together with breakout soccer comedy Ted Lasso). The service additionally affords documentaries, dramas, comedies, children exhibits and extra.
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This publish first printed on April 15, 2025. We republished it so as to add the primary trailer for Smoke on Could 29, 2025.
