Apple TV+ signs order for 'The White Darkness,' starring Tom Hiddleston

Apple TV+ has landed "The White Darkness," a new limited series starring Tom Hiddleston about the real life story of an Antarctic adventurer.

"The White Darkness" is based on the nonfiction book of the same name by David Grann. Apple says the series will be inspired by the true story of Antarctic adventurer Henry Worsley, who will be played by Hiddleston.

Worsley is described as a "a devoted husband and father, a former soldier, a man of deep honor and sacrifice, but also a man deeply obsessed with adventure, manifesting in an epic journey crossing Antarctica on foot."

Apple says the series will tell "a spellbinding story of courage, love, family and the extremes of human capacity."

Apple Studios and UCP will produce the show, while Hiddleston will also serve as an executive producer. Soo Hugh and Mark Heyman will co-showrun and serve as executive producers. Theresa Kang-Lowe will also executive produce.

The series marks the second partnership between Hugh, Kang-Lowe's Blue Marble Pictures, and Apple TV+. Blue Marble Pictures is currently in an overall deal with the Apple streaming service.

"The White Darkness" will join a growing slate of limited series on Apple TV+, which also includes "WeCrashed" and "The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey."