Apple Orders Drama ‘Slow Horses’

Apple has given a series order to “Slow Horses,” a new, international drama series starring Gary Oldman (“Darkest Hour,” “The Dark Knight” trilogy, “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”), and adapted from Mick Herron’s CWA Gold Dagger Award-winning British espionage books. The logline: “Slow Horses” follows a team of British intelligence agents who serve in a dumping ground department of MI5 – Slough House. Oldman will star as “Jackson Lamb,” the brilliant but irascible leader of the spies who end up in Slough House due to their career ending mistakes.

The series will be written by Will Smith (“Veep,” “The Thick Of It”). Graham Yost will executive produce along with Will Smith. Jamie Laurenson, Hakan Kousetta, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gail Mutrux and Douglas Urbanski also serve as executive producers.