Factbox – Apple’s media ambition: Original shows, news subscription

(Reuters) – Apple Inc is predicted to unveil a brand new video streaming service and a information subscription platform at an occasion on Monday at its California headquarters. The brand of Apple firm is seen outdoors an Apple retailer in Bordeaux, France, March 22, 2019. REUTERS/Regis DuvignauThe iPhone maker is banking on rising its providers enterprise to offset a dip in smartphone gross sales. While the Wall Street Journal plans to affix Apple’s new subscription information service, different main publishers, together with the New York Times and the Washington Post, have declined, in response to a New York Times report. Apple has additionally partnered with Hollywood celebrities to make a streaming debut with a slate of authentic content material, taking a web page out of Netflix Inc’s playbook. Below are a few of the exhibits, curated from media reviews and Apple’s personal bulletins, that are a part of the iPhone maker’s content material library. SHOWS CONFIRMED BY APPLE: ** UNTITLED DRAMA SERIES WITH REESE WITHERSPOON AND JENNIFER ANISTON Two seasons of a drama sequence starring Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston that appears on the lives of individuals engaged on a morning tv present. ** REVIVAL OF STEVEN SPIELBERG’S 1985 “AMAZING STORIES” The tech big has additionally struck a cope with director Steven Spielberg to make new episodes of “Amazing Stories,” a science fiction and horror anthology sequence that ran on NBC within the 1980s. ** A NEW THRILLER BY M NIGHT SHYAMALAN Plot of the story has not been disclosed. ** “ARE YOU SLEEPING?” – A MYSTERY SERIES A drama that includes Octavia Spencer, primarily based on against the law novel by Kathleen Barber. ** AN ANTHOLOGY SERIES CALLED “LITTLE AMERICA” Focuses on tales of immigrants coming to the United States. ** AN ANIMATED CARTOON MUSICAL CALLED “CENTRAL PARK” The animated musical comedy is a few household of caretakers who find yourself saving the park and the world. ** “DICKINSON”, AN EMILY DICKINSON COMEDY A half-hour comedy sequence that’s set throughout American poet Emily Dickinson’s period with a contemporary sensibility and tone. ** OPRAH WINFREY PARTNERSHIP Apple in June final 12 months introduced a multi-year cope with Oprah Winfrey to create authentic programming. SHOWS REPORTED BY MEDIA: ** TIME BANDITS – A FANTASY SERIES The potential sequence is an adaptation of Terry Gilliam’s 1981 fantasy movie of the identical title, a few younger boy who joins a gaggle of renegade time-traveling dwarves, Deadline reported. bit.ly/2FsYJgK ** UNTITLED “CAPTAIN MARVEL” STAR BRIE LARSON’S CIA PROJECT The new sequence seems at a younger lady’s journey within the CIA, reported Variety. bit.ly/2H3ymAi ** DEFENDING JACOB – STARRING CAPTAIN AMERICA CHRIS EVANS This restricted sequence is predicated on the novel of the identical title and is about an assistant district legal professional, who’s investigating the homicide of a 14-year-old boy, in response to Deadline. bit.ly/2U84w3u ** “FOR ALL MANKIND” – A SCI-FI SERIES An area drama from producer Ronald Moore, in response to Deadline. bit.ly/2uqPWWg ** MY GLORY WAS I HAD SUCH FRIENDS A sequence that includes Jennifer Garner is predicated on the 2017 memoir of the identical title by Amy Silverstein, reported Variety. bit.ly/2Cy7UuO ** “SEE” – A FANTASY EPIC STARRING JASON MOMOA The present poses the query in regards to the destiny of humanity if everybody misplaced their sight, Variety reported. bit.ly/2TUETns ** FOUNDATION – A SCI-FI ADAPTATION An adaptation of the enduring novel sequence from famed sci-fi creator Isaac Asimov, Deadline reported. The e-book sequence follows a mathematician who predicts the collapse of humanity. bit.ly/2CvAMUs ** A COMEDY SHOW BY ROB MCELHENNEY AND CHARLIE DAY The sitcom comedy primarily based on the lives of a various group of people that work collectively in a online game improvement studio, Variety reported. bit.ly/2nqzy4V ** AN UNSCRIPTED SERIES “HOME” FROM THE DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER MATT TYRNAUER The sequence will provide viewers a never-before-seen look contained in the world’s most extraordinary properties and have interviews with individuals who constructed them, in response to Variety. bit.ly/2JwmyIF ** UNTITLED RICHARD GERE SERIES Based on an Israeli sequence Nevelot, the present is about two aged Vietnam vets whose lives are modified when a girl they each love is killed in a automobile accident, Deadline reported. bit.ly/2uksSsu ** J.J. ABRAMS-PRODUCED LITTLE VOICE Singer and actress Sara Bareilles is writing the music and will presumably star within the J.J. Abrams-produced half-hour present, which explores the journey of discovering one’s genuine voice in early 20s, in response to Variety. bit.ly/2TPSf4y ** THE PEANUTS GANG Apple has acquired the rights to the well-known characters and the primary sequence can be a science and math oriented brief that includes Snoopy as an astronaut, in response to Hollywood Reporter. bit.ly/2YdMagM ** ON THE ROCKS A characteristic movie, directed by Sofia Coppola, starring Bill Murray, is a few younger mom who reconnects together with her larger-than-life playboy father on an journey by way of New York, Variety reported. bit.ly/2Hf1Pb9 ** LOSING EARTH Apple has acquired the rights to a TV sequence primarily based on Nathaniel Rich’s 70-page New York Times Magazine story “Losing Earth”, New York Times reported. nyti.ms/2OjoS4w ** THE ELEPHANT QUEEN Apple has acquired the rights to Victoria Stone and Mark Deeble’s documentary The Elephant Queen, Deadline reported. bit.ly/2HJR53okay ** WOLFWALKERS An Irish animation a few younger hunter who involves Ireland together with her father to destroy a pack of evil wolves, however as a substitute befriends a wild native woman who runs with them, first reported by Bloomberg. bloom.bg/2JztBR5 ** PACHINKO Apple has secured the rights to develop Min Jin Lee’s best-selling novel, about 4 generations of a Korean immigrant household, right into a sequence, reported Variety. bit.ly/2FtEIXJ ** CALLS Apple has purchased the rights to make an English-language model of the French authentic short-form sequence, in response to Variety. bit.ly/2UQCabd ** SHANTARAM Apple has received the rights to develop the hit novel Shantaram as a drama sequence, reported Variety. bit.ly/2CAuG5c ** SWAGGER, A DRAMA SERIES BASED ON KEVIN DURANT A drama sequence primarily based on the youth and profession of NBA celebrity Kevin Durant, in response to Variety. bit.ly/2RFePbl ** YOU THINK IT, I’LL SAY IT Apple has ordered a 10-episode, half-hour run of the comedy present, which is an adaptation of Curtis Sittenfeld’s brief story assortment by the identical title, Variety reported. bit.ly/2HzZt63 ** WHIPLASH DIRECTOR DAMIEN CHAZELLE DRAMA SERIES According to Variety, Apple has ordered an entire season of a sequence with out first capturing a pilot, however no different particulars are identified in regards to the present. bit.ly/2Fkfd9Q ** Apple might provide cut-priced bundles with video providing – The Information reported bit.ly/2HzcSLW on Thursday. Reporting by Sonam Rai and Saumya Sibi Joseph in BengaluruOur Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.