Apple’s list of currently available content for Apple TV+ continues to grow, and so does the list of upcoming projects in the works. Films, limited series, specials, and multi-season series—Apple’s got lots of irons in the fire.
Some of these projects have been officially announced and acknowledged by Apple, while others have been reported by the Hollywood press, which always has its ear to the ground about what projects actors, directors, and producers are involved in.
We’ve divided this list in two: Coming Soon is a list of shows for which Apple has given an official release date or release window, and Further Out compiles content that is still in production or perhaps haven’t even begun yet.
Updated April 15, 2025: We have updated our list with the latest dates and trailers.
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Coming Soon to Apple TV+
The following shows, series, and movies have been officially announced by Apple and will typically will begin streaming in the next few weeks or months.
Government Cheese
What it’s about: A surrealist family comedy set in 1969 San Fernando Valley that tells the story of the Chambers, a quirky family pursuing lofty and seemingly impossible dreams, beautifully unfettered by the realities of the world.
Important names: Starring David Oyelowo, Simone Missick, Jahi Di’Allo Winston, Evan Ellison.
When you can watch: Government Cheese premieres on April 16, 2025.
Jane (season 3)
What it’s about: A children’s series about Jane, a 9-year-old environmentalist on a mission to save endangered animals.
Important names: Stars Ava Louise Murchison, Mason Blomberg, Tamara Almeida, and Dan Abramovici.
When you can watch: Season 3 of Jane premieres on April 18, 2025.
Carême
What it’s about: A biography drama about Antonin Carême, the so-called first celebrity chef, who rose to stardom in the 19th century. While he dreams only of becoming the most famous chef in the world, his talent and ambitions attract the attention of renowned and powerful politicians, who use him as a spy for France.
Important names: Benjamin Voisin stars as Carême, with Jérémie Renier and Lyna Khoudri co-staring.
When you can watch: Carême premieres on April 30, 2025.
Long Way Home
What it’s about: Best friends Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman gear up for their fourth Long Way adventure — this time riding through 17 European countries on cranky old bikes.
Important names: Stars Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman.
When you can watch: Long Way Home will premiere on May 9. 2025.
Murderbot
What it’s about: A 10-episode action-packed sci-fi series based on a series of novellas by Martha Wells. Tells the story of a self-hacking security android who is horrified by human emotion yet drawn to its vulnerable “clients.” Murderbot must hide its free will and complete a dangerous assignment when all it really wants is to be left alone to watch futuristic soap operas and figure out its place in the universe.
Important names: Starring Alexander Skarsgård, written and directed by Chris and Paul Weitz.
When you can watch: Murderbot premieres on May 16, 2025.
Deaf President Now!
What it’s about: A documentary about an 8-day at Gallaudet University in 1988, where the school’s board hired a hearing president over several qualified deaf candidates.
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Important names: Features exclusive interviews with four of the leaders of the protest—Jerry Covell, Bridgetta Bourne-Firl, Tim Rarus, and Greg Hlibok.
When you can watch: Deaf President Now! premieres on May 16, 2025.
Fountain of Youth
What it’s about: A film about two estranged siblings who partner on a global heist to find the mythological Fountain of Youth. They must use their knowledge of history to follow clues on an epic adventure that will change their lives … and possibly lead to immortality.
Important names: Stars John Krasinski and Natalie Portman. Directed by Guy Ritchie.
When you can watch: Fountain of Youth does not yet have a premiere date.
Bono: Stories of Surrender
What it’s about: A reimagining of Bono’s critically acclaimed one-man stage show Stories of Surrender: An Evening of Words, Music and Some Mischief… The documentary will also be available in immersive video format on Apple Vision Pro.
Important names: Bono’s given name is Paul David Hewson.
When you can watch: Bono: Stories of Surrender premieres on May 30, 2025.
Stick
What it’s about: A golf comedy series about an ex-pro golfer whose career was derailed prematurely 20 years ago. After the collapse of his marriage and getting fired from his job at an Indiana sporting goods store, Pryce hedges his bets, and future, entirely on a troubled 17-year-old golf phenom.
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Important names: Stars Owen Wilson, Peter Dager, Marc Maron, and Mariana Treviño.
When you can watch: Stick premieres on June 4, 2025.
Echo Valley
What it’s about: A thriller about mother struggling to make peace with her troubled daughter Claire; a situation that becomes even more perilous when Claire shows up on Kate’s doorstep, hysterical and covered in someone else’s blood.
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Important names: Stars Julianne Moore and Sydney Sweeney. Directed by Michael Pearce.
When you can watch: Echo Valley debuts on June 13, 2025.
The Buccaneers (season 2)
What it’s about: The girls from season 1 have been forced to grow up and now have to fight to be heard as they wrestle with romance, lust, jealousy, births, and deaths.
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Important names: Stars Kristine Frøseth, Alisha Boe, Aubri Ibrag, Josie Totah, Imogen Waterhouse, Christina Hendricks and more.
When you can watch: Season 2 of The Buccaneers will premiere on June 18, 2025.
F1
What it’s about: Racing legend Sonny Hayes is coaxed out of retirement to lead a struggling Formula 1 team—and mentor a young hotshot driver—while chasing one more chance at glory.
Important names: Brad Pitt stars, with Joseph Kosinski directing, and seven-time Formula One champion Sir Lewis Hamilton producing.
When you can watch: F1 will premiere in theaters on June 27, and on Apple TV+ later.
Smoke
What it’s about: A fictional drama series inspired by true events, Smoke follows a troubled detective and an enigmatic arson investigator as they pursue the trails of two serial arsonists.
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Important names: Written and created by Dennis Lehane, starring Taron Egerton and Jurnee Smollett.
When you can watch: Smoke premieres on June 27, 2025.
Chief of War
What it’s about: Performed by a predominantly Polynesian cast led by Jason Momoa, Chief of War follows the epic and unprecedented telling of the unification and colonization of Hawai‘i at the turn of the 18th century.
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Important names: Written and Directed by Jason Momoa, who also stars, together with Luciane Buchanan, Temuera Morrison, and Te Ao o Hinepehinga.
When you can watch: Chief of War premieres on August 1, 2025.
Further Out
These shows, series, and movies may or may not have been officially announced, and do not yet have definitive release dates. Some may debut in the next few months, others be more than a year away. It’s even possible that some of these projects will never be released.
Highest 2 Lowest
What it’s about: When a titan music mogul, widely known as having the “best ears in the business,” is targeted with a ransom plot, he is jammed up in a life-or-death moral dilemma.
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Important names: Directed by Spike Lee, stars Denzel Washington.
When you can watch: Highest 2 Lowest does not yet have a release date.
Ted Lasso (season 4)
What it’s about: Apple’s biggest show was thought to be over for good, but Apple announced it’s coming back for a 4th season, with Jason Sudeikis returning in the title role.
Important names: Stars Jason Sudeikis, Brett Goldstein, Jeremy Swift, Hannah Waddington, and Juno Temple.
When you can watch: Apple has not yet announced when season 4 of Ted Lasso will premiere.
Lucky
What it’s about: A limited series about a young woman who left behind the life of crime she was raised in years ago, but must now embrace her darker, criminal side one final time in a desperate attempt to escape her past. Based on the novel “Lucky” by Marissa Stapley.
Important names: Stars Anya Taylor-Joy, co-showrunners Jonathan Tropper and Cassie Pappas.
When you can watch: Lucky does not yet have a release date.
The Dispatcher
What it’s about: A 6-episode thriller about a police detective whose life fell apart 10 years ago when his young daughter Maggie disappeared without a trace. Now working as a police dispatcher, he receives a distress call from a young girl he is certain is Maggie, he will stop at nothing to find her and reunite his broken family, whatever the cost. Adapted from Ryan David Jahn’s book.
Important names: Starring Patrick Brammall, adapted by writer Kris Mrksa.
When you can watch: The Dispatcher does not yet have a release date.
Down Cemetery Road
What it’s about: Based on Mick Herron’s novel of the same name. When a house explodes in a quiet Oxford suburb and a girl disappears in the aftermath, neighbor Sarah Tucker becomes obsessed with finding her and enlists the help of private investigator Zoë Boehm. Zoë and Sarah suddenly find themselves in a complex conspiracy that reveals that people long believed dead are still among the living, while the living are fast joining the dead.
Important names: Stars Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson. Morwenna Banks is lead writer, Natalie Bailey is lead director.
When you can watch: Down Cemetery Road does not yet have a release date.
For All Mankind (season 5)
What it’s about: The fifth and likely final season of the sci-fi epic that imagines an alternate reality where the Soviet Union beat the United States to the moon, and the decades of space race that follows.
Important names: Produced by Ronald D. Moore, starring Joel Kinnaman, Wrenn Schmidt, Coral Peña, Krys Marshall, Cynthy Wu, and more.
When you can watch: The fifth season of For All Mankind does not yet have a premiere date.
Star City
What it’s about: A spin-off of the For All Mankind universe, Star City takes us back to the key moment in the alt-history retelling of the space race when the Soviet Union became the first nation to put a man on the moon. But this time, we explore the story from behind the Iron Curtain, showing the lives of the cosmonauts, the engineers, and the intelligence officers embedded among them in the Soviet space program.
Important names: Created by Ronald D. Moore, Matt Wolpert, and Ben Nedivi, the creators of For All Mankind.
When you can watch: Star City does not yet have a release date.
Imperfect Women
What it’s about: A limited series based on Araminta Hall’s novel of the same name. It is described as, “an unconventional psychological thriller examining a crime that shatters the lives of a decades-long friendship of three women.”
Important names: It will star and be produced by Elisabeth Moss and Kerry Washington.
When you can watch: Imperfect Women has no release date yet.
The Last Thing He Told Me (season 2)
What it’s about: Laura Dave’s novel of the same name has a sequel set to publish in 2025, and Apple has landed the rights to produce a second season of its show based on that novel, and due to stream not long after the novel’s release.
Important names: Stars Jennifer Garner, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Angourie Rice and David Morse.
When you can watch: In 2025, after publication of the sequel to the novel The Last Thing He Told Me.
Neuromancer
What it’s about: A new 10-episode drama based on the award-winning novel of the same name by William Gibson. The series will follow a damaged, top-rung super-hacker named Case who is thrust into a web of digital espionage and high stakes crime with his partner Molly, a razor-girl assassin with mirrored eyes aiming to pull a heist on a corporate dynasty with untold secrets.
Important names: Created for TV by Graham Roland and JD Dillard. Specific stars and directors have not yet been attached.
When you can watch: Neuromancer does not yet have a release date.
The Savant
What it’s about: An eight-episode limited series inspired by a true story published by Cosmopolitan. The storyline and character details are being kept under wraps for now.
Important names: Written and showrun by Melissa James Gibson, starring Jessica Chastain in the lead role.
When you can watch: The Savant does not yet have a release date.
Untitled Vince Gilligan drama
What it’s about: It is described as a “described as a blended, grounded genre drama,” which doesn’t tell us much.
Important names: Vince Gilligan gave us Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. Rhea Seehorn is attached to star in the lead role.
When you can watch: This new series does not yet have a release date.
Speed Racer
What it’s about: A live-action series based on the beloved Japanese animated show from the ’60s.
Important names: Will be produced by J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot production company, with Hiram Martinez and Ron Fitzgerald as writers and showrunners.
When you can watch: Speed Racer has no release date yet.
The White Darkness
What it’s about: A limited series based on David Grann’s nonfiction book about Henry Worsley, who crossed Antarctica on foot.
Important names: Tom Hiddleston stars, Soo Hugh directs.
When you can watch: The White Darkness has no release date yet.
Untitled Negro League Baseball series
What it’s about: Follows the life and career of legendary pitcher Leroy “Satchel” Paige.
Important names: The series is produced by Erving “Magic” Johnson, among others. It is in conjunction with the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and MLB.
When you can watch: This series has no release date yet.
Untitled Chuck Barris drama
What it’s about: Gong Show host Chuck Barris famously claimed to be a secret CIA assassin in his autobiography Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, which was made into a feature film in 2002. A Deadline report says Apple is developing an hour-long drama series about Barris as both Gong Show host and CIA assassin.
Important names: Justin Timberlake is attached to star as Chuck Barris.
When you can watch: This series has no release date yet.
Dolly
What it’s about: Deadline describes it as a “sci-fi courtroom drama in which a robotic ‘companion doll’ kills its owner and then shocks the world by claiming that she is not guilty and asking for a lawyer.”
Important names: Florence Pugh and Vanessa Taylor are attached to star and Drew Pearce will write the script.
When you can watch: No release date yet.
Bride
What it’s about: Deadline reports that this is a genre-bending film about an engineered “ideal wife” who rejects her creator, escapes captivity, and discovers her true self.
Important names: The film will star Scarlett Johansson and will be directed by Sebastián Lelio.
When you can watch: No release date yet.
Earthsound
What it’s about: A natural history documentary series that uses new audio technology and cinematic 360-degree audio to reveal untold nature stories from every continent.
Important names: It will be executive produced by Alex Williamson, and the series producer is Sam Hodgson.
When you can watch: No release date yet.
Untitled Idris Elba spy thriller
What it’s about: According to Variety, this is to be a “spy movie with romance set in Africa” but little else is known about the nascent project. The report says it’s early in production.
Important names: The film will star Idris Elba and is produced by Simon Kinberg and Audrey Chon.
When you can watch: No release date yet.
Hedy Lamarr series
What it’s about: According to The Hollywood Reporter, it’s an eight-episode series about the 1930s and 40s actress and inventor Hedy Lamarr (whose frequency-hopping radio technology is still the basis for many modern wireless communications).
Important names: Gal Gadot is set to star as Lamarr, with a script written by Sarah Treem.
When you can watch: No release date yet.
Where the Wild Things Are
What it’s about: Apple has struck an overall deal with The Maurice Sendak Foundation to produce shows or series based on the author’s works for children. The most famous of these, by far, is Where the Wild Things Are.
Important names: Apple is working with longtime Sendak collaborator Arthur Yorinks and his production studio Night Kitchen Studios.
When you can watch: No release date yet.
Custom of the Country
What it’s about: A limited-series adaptation of the Edith Wharton novel The Custom of the Country. The novel, published in the early 20th century, is about a midwestern girl who climbs the ladder of New York high society.
Important names: The big one is Sofia Coppola, who is developing the series for Apple. No word yet on whether she will direct it.
When you can watch: No release date yet.
El Gato Negro
What it’s about: Based on Richard Dominguez’s comic book about an aging luchador who teams up with his grandson to use the El Gato Negro persona to fight crime in South Texas.
Important names: Robert Rodriguez will direct and produce, while Diego Boneta will star and also produce.
When you can watch: No release date yet.
Brie Larson CIA biography series
What it’s about: A report in Variety says that Apple has made a direct-to-series order for a new drama based on the real-life experiences of CIA undercover operative Amaryllis Fox. Fox has a hot novel named Life Undercover: Coming of Age in the CIA that released in October 2019.
Important names: Brie Larson will star and executive produce the series.
When you can watch: No release date yet.
You Think It, I’ll Say It
What it’s about: According to Variety, Apple has ordered a 10-episode, half-hour run of a new comedy variety show. The show is inspired by Curtis Sittenfeld’s collection of short stories You Think It, I’ll Say It.
Important names: SNL alum Kristen Wiig was set to star, but pulled out citing scheduling conflicts with Wonder Woman 1984. The show is created and produced by Colleen McGuinness (30 Rock, About a Boy).
When you can watch: This project does not yet have a title or release date.
