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Toby Kebbell Takes Lead Role in Apple's Thriller Series From M. Night Shyamalan

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Actor Toby Kebbell has been hired as the lead character in Apple's upcoming psychological thriller series being created by M. Night Shyamalan and Tony Basgallop (via Deadline). Kebbell will star opposite Lauren Ambrose, who was cast in Apple's show back in August.

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M. Night Shyamalan's series is said to follow a young couple, Dorothy (Ambrose) and Sean Turner (Kebbell), who hire a nanny to help care for their newborn child. Also in the cast is Rupert Grint, who will play the younger brother of Ambrose's character.

Kebbell is known for his role as Koba in the recent Planet of the Apes films, and he also appeared recently in A Monster Calls, Kong: Skull Island, and The Hurricane Heist. In 2011, he was the lead character in an episode of the first season of Black Mirror.

The thriller series has received a straight-to-series order from Apple, and is believed to be 10 episodes long, and each episode will last for 30 minutes. Basgallop created the project and will write and executive produce the series, while Shyamalan will also produce and direct the first episode.

In other casting news, Edward Burns has taken the lead role in Apple's Amazing Stories anthology reboot, which recently began production in Atlanta. Burns is set to play Bill Kaminski, a government agent, and will appear alongside Austin Stowell and Kerry Bishé.

Amazing Stories "will transport the audience to worlds of wonder through the lens of today's most imaginative filmmakers, directors and writers," and the showrunners are Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz, the creators of Once Upon A Time. Apple is partnering with Steven Spielberg's Amblin Television to create the show.

For a deep dive into every original TV show we know that's coming from Apple, head to our Apple TV Roundup.

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Consontrating on what you do well and continuing to innovate is better in my opinion than reaching for more just to expand your brand.
 
When was the last good M Night Shamadingdong flick/series? Hoping this doesn’t disappoint, but really most of his stuff has been financially decent but has won multiple raspberry awards.
 
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unibility said:
Consontrating on what you do well and continuing to innovate is better in my opinion than reaching for more just to expand your brand.
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By relying on this strategy Nokia and many others lost their market leadership lately.
 
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Good. I like to know what Apple’s increased prices are paying for.
 
Mike MA said:
By relying on this strategy Nokia and many others lost their market leadership lately.
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That was more about Apple introducing its iPhone and Nokia not taking it seriously. Similar result for Ericsson, Motorola, Siemens, Alcatel, Lucent, and others.

Kind of a funny anecdote: Years ago in the 1990s and early 2000s wireless handset/infrastructure industry, Motorola, Ericsson, and Nokia, as the largest wireless companies, were collectively referred to as MEN. Times quickly changed.
 
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cmaier said:
Their prices are, adjusted for inflation, not nearly the highest they’ve been.
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Of course not, as Macs used to be astronomically priced, so that’s not really a comparison. I mean, all computers used to cost a fortune and took up an entire room. You don’t compare the computers today to those in terms of cost except for amusement.

What is noticed is the percentage increase in cost from one generation to the next, which is not driven all by R&D or manufacturing (or Apple has the worse developers and manufacturers in history). A lot of that is driven by costs across the company that produce no revenue, like developing TV shows and AirPad and such.

The Mac Mini alone, even in space gray—60% increase in cost?
 
cmaier said:
Their prices are, adjusted for inflation, not nearly the highest they’ve been.
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That maybe so, but definitely venturing into unaffordable territory for the majority. Or does apple just want to be a Prada ?

That’s fine if it does. But I don’t want to commit to a platform that is rising prices at an extraordinary rate.
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Doomtomb said:
Unfortunately, I find this type of news incredibly boring. None of these programs are even available now.
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I guess they are building up a catalogue so that when they do decide to release their tv offering it will have enough content to justify the eye watering apple-tax loaded subscription price of $25 a month!

No doubt some would pay that though if the content is what they want and can’t get anywhere else.
 
dogslobber said:
M. Night hasn't had a hit since Signs in 2002.
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Many would disagree when it comes to the fairly recent Split (and many are also looking forward to the upcoming Glass).
 
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