According to Deadline, Apple TV+ has greenlit a long-gestating TV adaptation of the late Philip Kerr’s popular “Berlin Noir” books from Oscar-winning “Conclave”writer Peter Straughan, “Doctor Who”producer Bad Wolf, and Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman’s “Playtone.”
Here’s how the upcoming adaptation is described: The untitled drama is based on Kerr’s final book Metropolis, which told the iconic detective’s origin story. Set in 1928, Metropolis follows newly promoted police officer Gunther in the intimidating elite Berlin Murder Squad, investigating what seems to be a serial killer targeting victims on the fringes of society. Gunther’s Berlin is described as a “city of unprecedented freedom and dizzying turbulence, the Nazis a distant nightmare waiting in the wings.”
The adaptation could lead to a series. Kerr wrote 12 novels about police officer Bernie Gunther.
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