“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” director J.J. Abrams has written a new science fiction drama television series that's reportedly the subject of a bidding war between Apple and HBO.
Apple has picked up an unnamed sci-fi space drama from a Star Trek veteran.
Apple continues its Hollywood hiring spree with news that it's enlisted managerial talents of Hulu and Legendary executives as it seeks to boost its original content production.
Online retail giant Amazon has reportedly scrapped plans to launch a so-called skinny TV bundle for a set fee as content owners are reluctant to break with decades-old business models revolving around the traditional cable bundle.
After quite a bidding war, Apple has reportedly won out as the definite destination for Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon's new drama.
Canadian hip-hop artist Drake is looking to produce and perhaps star in TV shows and movies and has at least one powerful backer in his corner: Apple, which is said to be spending $1 billion on original video production in the next twelve months.
“Carpool Karaoke,” Apple's show featuring celebrities such as Gwyneth Paltrow, Jessica Alba and others cracking jokes while driving around Los Angeles, was supposed to make its worldwide debut on Apple Music back in April.
Apple is planning to deploy a $1+ billion budget for original video programming over the next year.
Apple is reportedly looking to establish production headquarters in West Los Angeles to house its original content production effort, as reported Wednesday by The Real Deal (via 9to5Mac).
Could Apple be in the running to land distribution rights to James Bond, the film franchise based on a fictional British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming?
Apple is in discussions to move its growing original video content division to the legendary Culver Studios while battling with Netflix over the rights to a brand new high-profile original drama series starring actresses Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon.
As news broke that Apple is poised to become a major player in Hollywood by spending a cool $1 billion on original TV shows and movies in the next year, Variety reports that Matt Cherniss, who was a president and general manager of WGN America and Tribune Studios, has joined the Cupertino technology giant's growing worldwide video team.