Apple TV+ locks in creator behind Your Mates and Neighbors

Following the breakout success of ‘Your Mates and Neighbors’, which stars Jon Hamm and wrapped its first season final week, Apple has prolonged its take care of showrunner Jonathan Tropper, Deadline experiences.

Three-time Apple signee

Apple TV+ first partnered with Tropper again in 2019, when he served as govt producer and showrunner for See, one of many platform’s launch titles.

Since then he’s quietly develop into one of the vital prolific creators on Apple TV+, with two energetic collection and two high-profile movies at the moment within the pipeline.

Underneath the phrases of this newest multi-year extension, he’ll proceed creating and producing unique content material for Apple by way of his manufacturing firm, Tropper Ink. Right here’s Tropper:

“Working with your entire staff at Apple continues to be the only most creatively fulfilling collaboration of my profession, and I’m trying ahead to bringing Fortunate and different new tasks to the platform, whereas making extra seasons of Your Mates & Neighbors”

Breakout success

In line with Nielsen sampling information, Your Mates and Neighbors is the most-watched new Apple drama collection of the 12 months, based mostly on first-month viewership throughout U.S. households.

It’s additionally on observe to interrupt into the Nielsen Streaming High 10 for the primary time, a uncommon feat for a more recent Apple TV+ unique. Notably, Apple had already seen the breakout coming: the present was renewed for a second season again in November, months earlier than it even premiered. Season 2 is at the moment in manufacturing.

Up subsequent

Arising subsequent from Tropper: Fortunate, a restricted collection starring Anya Taylor-Pleasure (The Gorge, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga) and based mostly on Marissa Stapley’s bestselling novel, is predicted to debut later this 12 months.

On the movie facet, Tropper is writing and producing The Corsair Code, a sci-fi thriller journey starring Chris Hemsworth (Thor: Ragnarok), and Matchbox, an action-comedy based mostly on the enduring toy model, that includes John Cena (Peacemaker), Jessica Biel (The Illusionist), and Sam Richardson (Veep).

Exterior of Apple, Tropper can also be writing an upcoming Star Wars movie for director Shawn Levy.

Not dangerous.

Apple TV+ is accessible for $9.99 monthly and options hit TV reveals and flicks like Ted Lasso, Severance, The Studio, The Morning Present, Shrinking and Silo.