Award-winning and legendary actor John Malkovich has been confirmed as a guest star in the upcoming Apple TV+ rom-com series “Prodigies.” The seven episode series stars Ayo Edebiri (The Bear, Inside Out 2).
Apple first announced the new series in April. The new romantic comedy was created by Will Sharpe (The White Lotus, A Real Pain), and starring Edebiri and Will Sharpe, both who also are executive producers of the show.
From Apple’s April press release:
This unusual take on a classic romantic comedy explores the universal complexities of long-term relationships through the lens of a very unique couple. Didi (Edebiri) and Ren (Sharpe) are two ex-child prodigies who have been together since they were children. Now in their early 30s, they are starting to question whether their very ordinary existence is living up to the extraordinary promise of their childhood. Inevitably, they find themselves asking the same questions of their relationship. As individual hopes and needs feed into and conflict with their shared lives, the series challenges the fallacy at the heart of romantic storytelling — that the tale is over when the heroes get together. In life, surely, that is just the beginning?
Now, Variety reports that Malkovich has just been added to the growing cast, which already included Tobias Menzies (F1: The Movie), Sophia Di Martino (Loki), and Andrene Ward-Hammond (Your Honor), in addition to others.
“Prodigies” is created and written by Sharpe, who also serves as an executive producer alongside Edebiri and award-winning executive producers Jane Featherstone (“Black Doves,” “Giri/Haji”), Naomi De Pear (“This Is Going to Hurt,” “Flowers”) and Katie Carpenter (“Landscapers,” “Flowers”) for SISTER.
A premier date has not yet been announced for Prodigies, so we’ll keep an eye out for an official release date.
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