Oscar winner
Colin Firth has joined the cast of Apple TV's untitled series based on
"Metropolis", the first of
Philip Kerr's bestselling 14-book series
"Berlin Noir". The adaptation is penned by Oscar winner
Peter Straughan (
"Conclave",
"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy") and directed by
Tom Shankland (
"The Serpent"). The show is currently filming in Berlin with
Jack Lowden in the lead role.
Set in 1928, the story follows detective Bernie Gunther (Lowden), a police officer, newly promoted to the intimidating and elite Berlin Murder Squad, who must investigate what seems to be a serial killer targeting victims on the fringes of society. Berlin is portrayed as 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.
Firth will play Paul Lohser, a brilliant but prickly Murder Detective with the Berlin Police. Meticulous, anti-social and well-educated, he’s everything Bernie isn’t. And as his partner and unlikely mentor, Lohser is Bernie's best and only hope of catching the killer.
Jane Tranter, Dan McCulloch and
Ryan Rasmussen executive produce for Bad Wolf, alongside Straughan and Shankland;
Tom Hanks and
Gary Goetzman executive produce for PlayTone. Kerr's widow, novelist
Jane Thynne, who owns the rights for the novels through their company Thynker Ltd, serves as consulting producer.
Firth can next be seen in
Guy Ritchie's
"Young Sherlock" series, which premieres on March 4 on Prime Video,
Steven Spielberg's sci-fi thriller
"Disclosure Day", and
Matthew Vaughn's sequel
"Kingsman: The Blue Bloods"
