Taron Egerton-led drama series ‘Firebug’ greenlit on Apple TV+

Following the success of the hit Apple TV+ series “Black Bird”, comes a new drama series titled “Firebug” from Dennis Lehane. The streaming platform gave the green light to the limited series on Thursday; It is set to star Taron Egerton, who will also serve as executive producer.

“Firebug” is a fictional series inspired by some true events presented on Truth.Media’s “Firebug” podcast, which chronicled the tales of an arsonist that terrorized areas of Southern California for a decade, destroying businesses during the day. Burned the

The series was written by Lehane, and it will follow “a troubled detective and an enigmatic arson investigator (played by Egerton) as they follow the trail of two serial arsonists,” according to a news release. Is.

Richard Plepler, Cary Antholis, Bradley Thomas and Dan Friedkin will executive produce. “Firebug” is the fourth project from Apple Studios produced by Imperative Entertainment, it is also the latest collaboration for Lehane, Plepler, Antholis and Thomas after “Black Bird”.

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