Apple’s ‘Dope Thief’ with Brian Tyree Henry and Wagner Moura sets 2025 release date
A rolling stone gathers no moss, and neither does Ridley Scott. The prolific filmmaker, whose long-awaited “Gladiator” sequel is out in theaters Friday, is one of the key creative forces behind “Dope Thief.” The new Apple TV+ crime drama will debut in 2025 with Scott as executive producer and the director of the show’s pilot.
Based on the Dennis Tafoya book of the same name, “Dope Thief” was created by Peter Craig, the Oscar-nominated writer best known for “The Batman” and “Top Gun: Maverick.” The show stars Brian Tyree Henry (“Atlanta,” “Causeway,” “Bullet Train,”), who also serves as executive producer, and Wagner Moura (“Civil War,” “Narcos”) as two long-time friends and “delinquents,” according to the Apple press release, “who pose as DEA agents to rob an unknown house in the countryside, only to have their small-time grift become a life-and-death enterprise, as they unwittingly reveal and unravel the biggest hidden narcotics corridor on the Eastern seaboard.”
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Additional cast members include Marin Ireland (“The Umbrella Academy,” “Sneaky Pete”), Kate Mulgrew (“Star Trek: Prodigy,” “The Magnificent Meyersons,”), Nesta Cooper (“See”), Amir Arison (“The Blacklist”), and Ving Rhames (“Mission: Impossible franchise”).
“Dope Thief,” which was originally called “Sinking Spring,” debuts with its first two episodes on Friday, March 14, 2025. New episodes follow every Friday through April 25, 2025.
“Dope Thief” hails from Apple Studios, and is a Scott Free Production. The series is executive produced by Craig alongside Scott, as well as David W. Zucker, Richard Heus, Henry, Jordan Sheehan, Clayton Krueger, and Jennifer Wiley-Moxley.
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