As Deadline revealed in December, the streamer won a heated auction for the project, beating out Netflix. 2022 Apple TV+ Pilots & Series Orders Protosevich and Meirelles exec produce alongside Farrell, Simon Kinberg, Audrey Chon, Scott Greenberg, and Chip Vucelich and the project comes from Apple Studios. It was created by Mark Protosevich with Fernando Meirelles directing.
The L.A.-set contemporary take on a private detective story also stars Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Amy Ryan, Anna Gunn, James Cromwell, Dennis Boutsikaris, Alex Hernandez and Lindsay Pulsipher. Exclusive: Apple’s Colin Farrell-led series Sugar has added Nate Corddry (For All Mankind), Sydney Chandler ( Don’t Worry Darling), Elizabeth Anweis (Echo 3), Miguel Sandoval (Barry), and Jason Butler Harner ( The Handmaid’s Tale) to its ensemble cast.
