Action is coming to the streamer with the new conspiracy thriller Prime Target coming in late January. Apple TV+ has already been producing some of the best genre television with its wealth of science fiction series from Severance to Sunny and Silo. And, of course, horror series like Servant, The Changeling, and Before. This new series helps round out the streamer’s already genre-focused offerings.
Prime Target stars SAG Award winner Leo Woodall (The White Lotus) and Quintessa Swindell (Black Adam) in its lead roles. Created by award-winning writer Steve Thompson (Sherlock), who also serves as executive producer, Prime Target is produced for Apple TV+ by New Regency with Ridley Scott’s Scott Free Productions. Laura Hastings-Smith serves as executive producer alongside acclaimed writer and director Brady Hood (Top Boy), who has directed all eight episodes.
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Prime Target Synopsis:
AppleTV+ has shared the series’ premise along with the new promotional material: Prime Target features a brilliant young math postgraduate, Edward Brooks (played by Woodall), who is on the verge of a major breakthrough. If he succeeds in finding a pattern in prime numbers, he will hold the key to every computer in the world.
Soon, he begins to realize an unseen enemy is trying to destroy his idea before it’s even born, which throws him into the orbit of Taylah Sanders, an NSA agent (played by Swindell) who’s been tasked with watching and reporting on mathematicians’ behavior. Together, they start to unravel the troubling conspiracy Edward is at the heart of.
How many episodes will the AppleTV+ series be?
The eight-episode series will premiere globally on Apple TV+ on January 22, with the first two episodes followed by one episode weekly, every Wednesday through March 5.
The Prime Target cast features:
The new AppleTV Plus series features a cast packed with award-winning actors and new talent from across the streaming platforms. The currently released cast information is below.
- SAG Award winner Leo Woodall (The White Lotus) as Edward Brooks
- Quintessa Swindell (Black Adam) as Taylah Sanders
- Academy Award nominee and BAFTA Award winner Stephen Rea (The Crying Game) as Professor James Alderman
- BAFTA Award nominee David Morrissey (The Walking Dead) as Professor Rober Mallinder
- Emmy Award winner Martha Plimpton (The Regime) as Jane Torres
- BAFTA Award winner Sidse Babett Knudsen (Borgen) as Professor Andrea Lavin
- SAG Award nominee Jason Flemyng (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) as Stephen Patrick Nield
- BAFTA Award nominee Harry Lloyd (Game of Thrones)
- Ali Suliman (Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan) as Dr. Akram Nizar
- Fra Fee (Rebel Moon, Hawkeye) as Adam Mellor
- Joseph Mydell (The Eternal Daughter) as Professor Raymond Osborne
Prime Target premieres globally on Apple TV+ on January 22, 2025.
