23 Upcoming Apple TV Plus Shows To Be Excited About

12. Pachinko

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Grand Central Publishing

Who

Soo Hugh (showrunner)

What

Shaping up to be one of Apple's most ambitious and expensive efforts, the adaptation of Min Jin Lee's has a series order after Apple won a big bidding war. The show will be an eight-part adaptation of the book, which will be a sprawling tale across Japan, Korea, and America, featuring a forbidden love and touching upon themes ranging from war and peace to love, loss, racism, culture, and much more.

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NCTJ-qualified journalist. Most definitely not a racing driver. Drink too much tea; eat too much peanut butter; watch too much TV. Sadly only the latter paying off so far. A mix of wise-old man in a young man's body with a child-like wonder about him and a great otherworldly sensibility.