23 Upcoming Apple TV Plus Shows To Be Excited About

14. Shantaram

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Who

Eric Warren Singer (writer, executive producer)

What

In what was apparently a very competitive race, Apple won the rights to produce the series based on Gregory David Roberts' bestselling novel of the same name. The story centres on Lin, a man from Australia who goes on the run from prison and attempts to get lost in Bombay, starting a new life among the city's slums. Johnny Depp previously had the movie rights, with Joel Edgerton set to star, but no one is attached just yet for the series, which is being written by American Hustle's Singer.

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