James Marsden is to star and executive produce "Disavowed" for Apple TV, a new thriller series following a wrongly disgraced CIA agent.
Apple TV has been cornering the market with prestigious dramas in either science fiction or thrillers, and now the likes of "Slow Horses" are to be followed by "Disavowed." Created by Art Marcum and Matt Holloway, it is to be an ongoing series following ex-agent Brad Griffin (Marsden).
Marcum and Holloway are writing and producing partners, previously best known for the films "Iron Man," and "Men in Black: International." They have been nominated twice for "Worst Screenplay" at the Golden Raspberry Awards.
Marsden is currently starring in the second season of Apple TV's "Your Friends & Neighbours."
According to Apple, the forthcoming "Disavowed" sees agent Griffin "abruptly fired in the middle of a global hunt for an elusive assassin." That assassin killed Griffin's partner, so despite having the whole CIA against him, he sets out to find the killer and also claim the $15 million bounty on his head.
It sounds as if there are elements of Matt Nix's hit "Burn Notice" as this agent is wrongly fired and tries to use his skills to survive. Like Nix's show, "Disavowed" is specifically intended to be a continuing, returnable series, rather than a one-off serial.
"Disavowed" comes from Blue Marble, the company that produces the critically acclaimed "Pachinko" for Apple TV.
No details have been released yet of when the show is to stream, or is even entering production. The show looks to be Apple TV's next thriller following the two-season order for "Down Cemetery Road," dramatized by Morwenna Banks from the books by Mick Herron.
