The show will star Blanchett as a respected television documentary journalist whose work has long been built on revealing the hidden crimes of respected institutions.
Cate Blanchett and Kevin Kline will star in Academy Award winner Alfonso Cuarón’s Apple+ thriller series “Disclaimer”.
Cuarón, best known for his award-winning films “Y Tu Mama Tambien”, “Children of Men”, “Gravity” and “Roma”, wrote, directed and produced all episodes through his production company Esperanto Filmos. Will executive produce. Deal with Apple TV+, the streamer announced on Wednedsay.
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Based on Renée Knight’s novel of the same name, “Disclaimer” will feature Blanchett as ‘Katherine Ravenscroft’, a successful and respected television documentary journalist whose job is to uncover the hidden crimes of long-standing institutions. built on.
When an interesting novel written by a widower (played by Kline) appears on her bedside table, she is horrified to learn that she is an important character in a story she hoped was long past. is buried. A story that reveals her deepest secret. A secret he thought was his alone.
The series will be the first project to begin with a multi-year deal with Cuarón, which is developing television series exclusively for Apple TV+.
This marks the first time Cuarón has written and directed all the episodes of an original series. Cuarón currently serves as producer on the Apple original film “Raymond & Ray”, which is now in production from Apple Studios.
Blanchett will also executive produce on the new series with award-winning cinematographers Emmanuel Lubezki and Bruno Delbonel, who will serve as director of photography.
Known for “The Starling”, “Beauty and the Beast” and Broadway’s “Present Laughter”, Kline is making her series debut.
“Disclaimer” joins a growing roster of award-winning Apple Original series such as “Ted Lasso”, “The Morning Show” and “Truth Be Told” and “Roar”.
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