PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER
The thriller also features Kevin Kline, Sacha Baron Cohen and Kodi Smit-McPhee in its main cast.
By Alejandro Rodera
June 25, 2024 | 16:00
Apple has not yet had time to unleash its summer calendar, but is already beginning to lay the foundations for autumn. Among the titles that will land throughout the next season will be one of the most anticipated of the entire year, the thriller ‘Observed’originally known as ‘Disclaimer’, which It marks the return of Alfonso Cuarón to the small screen a decade after having released ‘Believe’ for NBC.
On this occasion, the Mexican filmmaker, winner of five Oscars for ‘Gravity’ and ”, has joined forces with the technology giant, which has made the decision to release the first two episodes of ‘Observada’ on October 11. Subsequently, a new installment will be provided every Friday until the completion of the broadcast of the first season, consisting of seven episodes, on November 15. Thus, over the course of a month we will be able to immerse ourselves in the story based on the novel of the same name by Renée Knight, adapted by Cuarón himself, who has also directed it in its entirety.
Cate Blanchett in ‘Observed’
In addition to confirming the date and launch plan, Apple TV+ has shared the first official image of the series, which you can see above these lines. In the snapshot, you can see a terrified Cate Blanchett, who is in charge of playing Catherine Ravenscroft, a journalist who has made a considerable reputation for revealing other people’s crimes. However, Everything changes when they send her a novel in which she is the main character. and their darkest secrets are exposed one after another. Faced with this situation, the protagonist tries to find out the identity of the author, although along the way she also she will have to deal with her husband (Sacha Baron Cohen) and his son (Kodi Smit-McPhee).
Stars in front of and behind the cameras
The cast of this Esperanto Filmoj and Anonymous Content production also includes among its ranks Kevin Kline, Lesley Manville, Louis Partridge, Leila George and Hoyeon, the young South Korean woman who was one of the revelations of ‘The Squid Game’. And that’s not all, since behind the cameras there are other names to take into account, such as the directors of photography Emmanuel Lubezki (‘The Revenant’) and Bruno Delbonnel (‘About Llewyn Davis’) and composer Finneas O’Connell (‘Barbie’).
