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Slow Horses star Jack Lowden is stepping up for another highly anticipated series with Apple TV+, which will be based on Philip Kerr’s bestselling Berlin Noir book series.
Currently untitled, the adaptation is being developed by Peter Straughan, with BAFTA nominee Tom Shankland as director and executive producer. Along with Straughan and Shankland, the adaptation will also be executive produced by Jane Tranter, Tom Hanks & Gary Goetzman for PlayTone and Dan McCulloch & Ryan Rasmussen for Bad Wolf.
The copyright for the Berlin Noir novel series is currently with Kerr's widow, novelist Jane Thynne.
Jack Lowden will star as the protagonist and detective Bernie Gunther in the historical crime adaptation, which features multiple books. The upcoming Berlin Noir series will primarily adapt Kerr's Metropolis. While the book is the last in the novel series, it is set in 1928 (before the events of the series) and features the origin story of Bernie Gunther.
Unlike Kerr's novel series, Straughan's adaptation will likely follow a linear pattern and will cover the events of the book series chronologically.
More on Berlin Noir adaptation in our story.
Jack Lowden to lead Apple TV+'s Berlin Noir adaptation
Jack Lowden is all set to star in Apple TV+'s adaptation of the Berlin Noir novel series. The official synopsis for the same reads as follows (via Deadline):
''Berlin is a city of unprecedented freedom and dizzying turbulence, the Nazis just a distant nightmare waiting in the wings. With the political and social world shifting to a new norm, we see Bernie fighting for truth, whatever the cost.”
While Kerr's novel series begins with March Violets, the series will first adapt the last book in the series, which features Bernie's back story. The synopsis for the same continues as follows:
“Bernie is a police officer, newly promoted to the intimidating and elite Berlin Murder Squad, and must investigate what seems to be a serial killer targeting victims on the fringes of society.''
After being promoted to the Berlin Murder Squad, the Berlin Noir series will follow the lead detective as he adjusts to his new life and catches a serial killer plaguing the streets of the titular city.
Jack Lowden is currently starring in Apple TV+'s Slow Horses, alongside Gary Oldman. The actor plays River Cartwright, a MI5 agent who is abruptly sent to Slough House after he blows up a training assignment. The recently released Season 4 followed Jack Lowden's character's backstory.
In 2024, the actor was also nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. Lowden will reprise his role in Season 5, which will be released in September 2025.
In addition to the Emmy nomination, the Berlin Noir star also won two BAFTA Awards and was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award.
In addition to Slow Horses, Jack Lowden is also known for projects like the BBC miniseries War & Peace, Dunkirk, Mary Queen of Scots and The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.
Lowden is also set to play Mr. Darcy in Netflix's upcoming British drama television miniseries Pride & Prejudice, based on Jane Austen's novel of the same name.
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