Apple Announced Two New Originals Coming To Its TV+ Platform

Apple has just announced that two new originals coming to its Apple TV+ video streaming platform, one is a highly-anticipated espionage thri...

Apple has just announced that two new originals coming to its Apple TV+ video streaming platform, one is a highly-anticipated espionage thriller “Tehran,” while the other being a series designated for kids, based on the iconic children’s novel that chronicles the coming-of-age adventures of the Harriet M. Welsch.

"Tehran," according to Apple, tells the thrilling story of a Mossad agent who goes deep into a risky mission in Tehran that places her and everyone around her in dire jeopardy. The series stars young Israeli actress Niv Sultan, Shaun Toub, Navid Negahban, Shervin Alenabi, Liraz Charhi, and Menashe Noy. Apple partnered with Cineflix Rights and Israeli network Kan 11 to co-produce “Tehran.”

Premiere globally Friday, September 25 on Apple TV+, the eight-episode series will premiere with the first three episodes, followed by new episodes weekly, every Friday.

Meanwhile, the new animated kid show “Harriet the Spy,” will star Golden Globe nominee Beanie Feldstein and Emmy Award winner Jane Lynch. The Jim Henson Company, alongside Rehab Entertainment and 2 Friends Entertainment, will executive produce the series, while Titmouse Animation Studios will animate the series.

Set in 1960s New York when the original book was published, the new series will be voiced by a star-studded cast including Golden Globe and SAG Award nominee Beanie Feldstein, who will star as Harriet, a fiercely independent, adventurous, curious 11-year-old girl. More than anything, Harriet wants to be a writer, and in order to be a good writer, you need to know everything, and in order to know everything, you have to be a spy! Emmy Award winner Jane Lynch will voice the role of Ole Golly, Harriet’s larger-than-life, no-nonsense nanny. Additional voice talent includes Lacey Chabert as Marion Hawthorne, the ringleader of a group of smug, popular girls at Harriet’s school.

“Harriet the Spy” will join a list of Apple TV+ originals made for kids, including “Ghostwriter” and “Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10,” of which received Daytime Emmy Award wins.