Apple Studios

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Apple Studios LLC

Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Film production Television production
Founded	October 2019; 5 years ago (2019-10)
Headquarters	8600 Hayden Place Culver City, California 90232
Key people	Zack Van Amburg Jamie Erlicht
Parent	Apple Inc.
Footnotes / references "Apple Studios". productionlist.com. Film and Television Industry Alliance. 19 October 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2022.

Apple Studios LLC^[1] is an American film, television and in-house production company that is a subsidiary of Apple Inc. It specializes in developing and producing original television series and films for Apple's digital video streaming service Apple TV+ as well as films that are intended for theatrical releases.

Their series are released under the Apple Original Series branding, while their films are released under the Apple Original Films branding.

History

In October 2019, The Hollywood Reporter reported that Apple Inc. was launching its own production company, overseen by Zack Van Amburg and Jamie Erlicht, to produce original television and film content for Apple TV+.^[2]

Beginning in 2023, Apple Studios decided to partner with major studios like Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures, Universal Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures to theatrically release some of its films. They would also own the distribution rights to the films for digital purchase and home video (although said films have yet to be released on home video), but Apple retains SVOD rights to the films.

Productions

Film

For the full list, see List of Apple TV+ original films.

Title	Release	Co-production(s)	Status	Ref.
Come from Away	September 10, 2021	Entertainment One Junkyard Dog Productions RadicalMedia Alchemy Production Group	Released	[3]
Blush	October 1, 2021	Skydance Animation	Released	[4]
Swan Song	December 17, 2021	Anonymous Content Concordia Studio	Released	[5]
Luck	August 5, 2022	Skydance Animation	Released	[6]
Raymond & Ray	October 21, 2022	Mockingbird Pictures Esperanto Filmoj	Released	[7]
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues	October 28, 2022	Imagine Documentaries PolyGram Entertainment	Released	[8]
Spirited	November 18, 2022	Gloria Sanchez Productions Maximum Effort Two Grown Men	Released	[9]
Emancipation	December 9, 2022	Overbrook Entertainment Westbrook Studios McFarland Entertainment Escape Artists	Released	[10]
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse	December 25, 2022	Bad Robot Productions NoneMore Productions	Released	[11]
Sharper	February 10, 2023	A24 Picturestart FortySixty G&T Productions	Released	[12]
Tetris	March 31, 2023	AI Film Marv Studios Unigram	Released	[13]
Ghosted	April 21, 2023	Skydance Media Reese Wernick Productions	Released	[14]
The Beanie Bubble	July 21, 2023	Imagine Entertainment	Released	[15]
Killers of the Flower Moon	October 20, 2023	Imperative Entertainment Sikelia Productions Appian Way Productions	Released	[16]
Napoleon	November 22, 2023	Scott Free Productions	Released	[17]
The Family Plan	December 15, 2023	Skydance Media Municipal Pictures	Released	[18]
Argylle	February 2, 2024	Marv Studios Cloudy Productions	Released	[19]
Fly Me to the Moon	July 12, 2024	These Pictures	Released	[20]
The Instigators	August 2, 2024	Artists Equity Studio 8 The Walsh Company	Released	[21]
Wolfs	September 27, 2024	Plan B Entertainment Smokehouse Pictures	Released	[22]
Blitz	November 1, 2024	New Regency Lammas Park Working Title Films	Released	[23]
Upcoming
The Gorge	February 14, 2025	Skydance Media Lit Entertainment Group Crooked Highway	Completed	[24][25]
F1	June 25, 2025	Dawn Apollo Films Jerry Bruckheimer Films Plan B Entertainment	Post-production	[26]
Fountain of Youth	2025	Skydance Media Vinson Films Project X Entertainment Radio Silence Productions	Post-production	[27]
Mayday	TBA	Maximum Effort Skydance Media	Completed	[28]
Echo Valley	TBA	Black Bicycle Entertainment Scott Free Productions The Walsh Company	Post-production	[29]
Highest 2 Lowest	TBA	A24 Mandalay Pictures Escape Artists 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks Juniper Productions	Post-production	[30]
The Lost Bus	TBA	Comet Pictures Blumhouse Productions	Post-production	[31]
Outcome	TBA	Strong Baby Productions	Post-production	[32]
Matchbox	TBA	Skydance Media Mattel Films	Pre-production	[33][34]
Bad Blood	TBA	Legendary Pictures Hyperobject Industries Gary Sanchez Productions Excellent Cadaver	In development	[35]
Snow Blind	TBA	Boom! Studios	In development	[36]
Untitled Andy Samberg science fiction comedy-drama film	TBA	Red Hour Productions	In development	[37]
Carrie & Me	TBA	Mabel Cat Productions Little Stranger	In development	[38]
Dolly	TBA	Point of No Return	In development	[39]
Oregon Trail	TBA	Ampersand HarperCollins Productions	In development	[40]
Untitled Peanuts film	TBA	WildBrain Studios Peanuts Worldwide	In development	[41]
Two for the Money	TBA	Denver and Delilah Productions Perfect Storm Entertainment Roth/Kirschenbaum Films	In development	[42]
Weekend Warriors	TBA	Plan B Entertainment SpringHill Company	In development	[43]
The Wives	TBA	A24 Excellent Cadaver bb²	In development	[44]

Television

For the full list, see List of Apple TV+ original programming.

Title	Release	Co-production(s)	Status	Ref.
Harriet the Spy	November 19, 2021	Postworks New York The Jim Henson Company Wellsville Pictures Titmouse, Inc.	Released
The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey	March 11, 2022	Anonymous Content	Released	[45]
WeCrashed	March 18, 2022	Paradox Productions	Released	[46]
Black Bird	July 8, 2022	EMJAG Productions Imperative Entertainment Eden Productions Crime Story Hans Bubby	Released
Surface	July 29, 2022	Hello Sunshine	Released	[47]
Life by Ella	September 2, 2022	Hat on a Hat Productions	Released
Echo 3	November 23, 2022	Easy Street Productions Keshet Studios	Released
Shape Island	January 20, 2023	Bix Pix Entertainment	Released
Dear Edward	February 3, 2023	True Jack Productions	Released
Hello Tomorrow!	February 17, 2023	MRC Television Mortal Media Froward Enterprise Ceremony Pictures Hooptie Filmed Entertainment	Released
City on Fire	May 12, 2023	Fake Empire	Released
High Desert	May 17, 2023	Red Hour Productions Delirious Media Radish Pictures Ook Pik Productions Spoon Productions 3 Arts Entertainment My Fist Productions	Released
The Crowded Room	June 9, 2023	New Regency Television Weed Road Pictures EMJAG Productions	Released	[48]
Strange Planet	August 9, 2023	Harmonious Claptrap Nathan W Pyle ShadowMachine Mercury Filmworks	Released	[49]
Invasion (season 2)	August 23, 2023	Kinberg Genre Boat Rocker Media	Released
The Changeling	September 8, 2023	Annapurna Television De La Revolución Films	Released	[50]
Lessons in Chemistry	October 13, 2023	The Great Unknown Productions Piece of Work Entertainment Aggregate Films	Released	[51]
Masters of the Air	January 26, 2024	Playtone Amblin Television	Released	[52]
The New Look	February 14, 2024	Di Bonaventura Pictures	Released	[53]
Manhunt	March 15, 2024	Dovetale Productions Monarch Pictures POV Entertainment Walden Media 3 Arts Entertainment Lionsgate Television	Released	[54]
Palm Royale	March 20, 2024	Jaywalker Pictures Pattiwhack Pictures Wyolah Entertainment Platform One Media Boat Rocker Media	Released
Sugar	April 5, 2024	Chapel Place Productions Protokino Genre Films	Released
Franklin	April 12, 2024	Flame Ventures EDEN Productions Shadowcatcher Productions Boil Some Water Entertainment ITV Studios	Released
Frog and Toad (season 2)	May 31, 2024	Titmouse, Inc.	Released
Me	July 12, 2024	Houston Pictures	Released
Disclaimer	October 11, 2024	Esperanto Filmoj Anonymous Content	Released
Silo (season 2)	November 15, 2024	Mímir Films Nemo Films AMC Studios	Released
Upcoming
Dope Thief	March 14, 2025	Sun Center Studios Scott Free Productions	Post-production
Your Friends and Neighbors	April 11, 2025	Tropper Ink	Post-production
Government Cheese	April 16, 2025	Street Carr Productions Yoruba Saxon Ventureland MACRO Television Studios	Filming
Firebug	TBA	Mikey Beers EDEN Productions Imperative Entertainment	Filming
The Last Frontier	TBA	Pickpocket Entertainment	Filming	[55]
The Savant	TBA	Fifth Season Anonymous Content Freckle Films	Filming
Imperfect Women	TBA	20th Television	Ordered	[56]
Untitled Negro league baseball series	TBA	Kapital Entertainment	In development	[57]
Lure	TBA	Team Downey	Ordered	[58]

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