• Variety reports that as Apple ramps up its investment in original content in order to allow its iTunes business to compete more effectively with Amazon and Netflix, it has signed a multiyear content deal with Oprah Winfrey, which will have her developing programming for Apple.
The story says that “even before the Oprah deal, Apple has a robust slate of originals prepared to launch. In addition to the previously mentioned morning show drama, the streamer is prepping shows like a reboot of Steven Spielberg’s ‘Amazing Stories,’ a psychological thriller series from executive producer M. Night Shyamalan, the true crime podcast drama series ‘Are You Sleeping?’ starring Octavia Spencer and Aaron Paul, and an Emily Dickinson series starring Hailee Steinfeld among many others.”
The story says that “even before the Oprah deal, Apple has a robust slate of originals prepared to launch. In addition to the previously mentioned morning show drama, the streamer is prepping shows like a reboot of Steven Spielberg’s ‘Amazing Stories,’ a psychological thriller series from executive producer M. Night Shyamalan, the true crime podcast drama series ‘Are You Sleeping?’ starring Octavia Spencer and Aaron Paul, and an Emily Dickinson series starring Hailee Steinfeld among many others.”
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