The Hollywood newsman is reportingthat the Richard Gere drama , Bastards , is out at Apple ’s new service , TV+ . Scrapping a show before the first episode even aviation is n’t uncommon in the realm of TV . But scrapping a show because it did n’t focus enough on being aspirational and exploring the joys of friendship sure as hell is .
fit in to THR , Bastards was the subject of a bidding war latterly last twelvemonth . Apple deliver the goods the warfare with a lucrative whirl and noted producers Howard Gordon ( 24 , Homeland ) and Pulitzer campaigner Warren Leight ( Law and Order : SVU & CI)and were set to co - write the show and help as showrunners .
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The show would follow Gere ’s character and his best friend , practiced friends and Vietnam veteran who were both in honey with the same adult female . After the woman is kill in a car accident the friends reunite , retrograde old grievances , and then embark on a fritter spree intended as vigilantism .
Yikes .
Apple think yikes as well . The company has already been rumored to be loath to controversial content . Last year Apple kill former TV+ oblation , Vital Signs , a violent drama about the living of regular Apple collaborator Dr Dre . It was apparently too violent . The Wall Street Journal also reported that The Morning Show , which justdropped a trailer last monthand is about a morning tidings show facing a major crisis after one of the hosts is accused of attack women , was delayed because Apple object to the funniness and sullen whole tone .
harmonize to THR , Apple on the face of it did n’t object to the planned shot spree in Bastards . or else , it was broken with the stress of the show . Gordon , backed by the output company involve , wanted to focus on the darker component of the show ’s conceit . Apple “ wanted to assure the series was focused on the heart and emotion of the central friendship . ”
The show has now patently been killed at Apple , though it is unclear if it could be pick up at another cyclosis service , or traditional connection . This is the first show that has been out and out killed by Apple since Jamie Erlicht and Zack Van Amburg took over as Apple ’s world video and chief contentedness officers .
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