Tom Hiddleston is set to star in and exec produce ‘The White Darkness‘, a new Apple Original limited series based on the life of explorer Henry Worsley.
‘The White Darkness’ is inspired by the true-life account of Henry Worsley, a devoted husband and father, a former soldier, a man of deep honour and sacrifice, but also a man deeply obsessed with adventure, manifesting in an epic journey crossing Antarctica on foot. Starring Tom Hiddleston as Worsley, this is a spellbinding story of courage, love, family and the extremes of human capacity.
The new series hails from Apple Studios and UCP and is based on an acclaimed non-fiction book by New York Times Bestselling author David Grann. The drama is developed by Soo Hugh (‘Pachinko’, ‘The Terror’), who will also co-showrun and serve as executive producer. Mark Heyman (‘Black Swan’, ‘Strange Angel’), will also co-showrun and executive produce. Theresa Kang-Lowe (‘Pachinko’) will executive produce through her company Blue Marble Pictures which is currently in an overall deal with Apple TV+.
In addition to Hiddleston, Hugh, Heyman, and Kang-Lowe, the series is also executive produced by Caroline Garity of Blue Marble Pictures. This marks the second partnership for Hugh, Blue Marble Pictures and Apple TV+ following the recently premiered, broadly and critically hailed series ‘Pachinko’, which Hugh wrote, produced, and showran, and Kang executive produced, and is currently available on Apple TV+. It also marks the second partnership for Apple TV+ and Hiddleston who will next star in upcoming Apple Original series, ‘The Essex Serpent‘. Hiddleston is, of course, fitting all this around the filming of Marvel’s ‘Loki’ Season 2 which is expected to return on Disney+ in 2023.
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