Next March, the interpreter of Nick Fury will be the star of Apple TV + for the adaptation of Last Days of Ptolemy Gray.
Unlike Netflix or Disney+, which produce an ever-increasing number of new releases, Apple TV+ prefers to focus on quality rather than quantity. Like The Morning Show or Ted Lassowhich allowed Apple to win a new Golden Globe with the coronation of Jason Sudeikis in the category “best actor in a comedy series”, the platform can already count on several hits.
The interpreter of Nick Fury will be overwhelming as a suffering nonagenarian
Next March, a long-awaited novelty will land on the young platform launched in 2019: The Last Days of Ptolemy Gray. Comprising six episodes, the show is in fact an adaptation of the eponymous book by Walter Mosley, who will be a producer. He tells the story of a sick man abandoned by his family and friends. To embody this 91-year-old man with dementia, the series will be able to count on a big name in Hollywood: Samuel L. Jackson. Before his big comeback as Nick Fury for the Disney+ series Secret Invasionlogically scheduled for the end of the year, the star of Pulp Fiction or Unbreakable will play Ptolemy Grey. Made up and made up as a nonagenarian for the role, the actor is almost unrecognizable in the first preview unveiled a few hours ago by Apple TV +.
On the plot side, Ptolemy is about to sink even further into dementia and loneliness after his young nephew, who was watching over him, suddenly disappears. Robyn, a young orphan, is then designated to take care of Ptolemy. When they hear about a treatment that could help the old man regain his memory lost to illness, they begin a journey that will lead them to reveal painful truths, whether they belong to the past, the present or the future.
A nice cast for this new Apple TV + series
Alongside Samuel L. Jackson, we find Dominique Fishback (Judas and the Black Messiah) as Robyn, Cynthia Kaye McWilliams (Bosch), Damon Gupton (Black Lightning), Marsha Stephanie Blake (When They See Us), Walton Goggins (Justified) or even Omar Miller (Ballers). On March 11, Apple TV + subscribers will therefore be able to discover the first two episodes, and the rest of the broadcast will be at the rate of one episode every Friday.
In the news department, the firm also shared a fairly substantial documentary on the shooting of Dickinson in honor of the last season of the series. Title From Dickinson, With Lovethe 22-minute video features actress and executive producer Hailee Steinfeld (who was recently discovered as Kate Bishop in Hawkeye) and series creator Alena Smith, who offer their thoughts on the production and evolution of the show throughout the three seasons.