Apple TV+announces new thriller “The Wanted Man,” starring Hugh Laurie

Today, Apple TV+ announced theriveting new eight-episode drama, “The Wanted Man,” starring SAG and GoldenGlobe Award winner Hugh Laurie (“House,” “The Night Manager”). From creator,writer and showrunner George Kay (“Hijack,” “Lupin”), the series is co-producedby New Pictures (“The Long Shadow,” “Catherine the Great”) and Kay’sObservatory Pictures.

The series also stars Emmy, SAGand BAFTA Award winner Thandiwe Newton (“Westworld,” “Crash”), Fionn Whitehead(“Dunkirk,” “Emily”), BAFTA Award winner and Olivier Award nominee Gina McKee(“My Policeman,” “The Years"), Hazel Doupe (“Say Nothing,” “Kathleen IsHere”), Elliott Heffernan (“Blitz”) and BAFTA Award winner Stephen Dillane(“Game of Thrones,” “The Hours”).

“The Wanted Man” charts the riseand fall of Felix Carmichael (Laurie), the elusive and powerful head ofnotorious British crime syndicate ‘The Capital.’ Untouchable for twenty years,Carmichael is finally apprehended, but while he’s held in the infamousStaplehurst prison, it becomes clear that he's been betrayed by one of his own.As the traitor moves to dismantle the empire he has built, Carmichael must riskeverything in a daring escape. Willing to stop at nothing to take his revenge,if he succeeds, he’ll be a wanted man once more.  

Hailing from New Pictures, anAll3Media company, and Observatory Pictures, “The Wanted Man” is created,written and executive produced by Golden Globe and BAFTA Award-nominatedshowrunner Kay, alongside Golden Globe and BAFTA Award-nominated executive producerWillow Grylls (“Des,” “The Missing”) and BAFTA Award-nominated executiveproducer Matt Sandford (“The Long Shadow”). The series is directed byacclaimed, Emmy Award-nominated filmmaker Jakob Verbruggen (“The Fall,” “LondonSpy,” “Dark Matter”).

“The Wanted Man” joins a slateof acclaimed, thrilling dramas on Apple TV+, including the high-octane hit“Hijack,” starring and executive produced by SAG and Golden Globe Award winnerIdris Elba; beloved, multi-BAFTA and Emmy Award-winning “Slow Horses,” led byAcademy Award winner Gary Oldman; and, the upcoming “Down Cemetery Road,”starring Academy Award winner Emma Thompson and Golden Globe Award winner RuthWilson, among many others.