Apple nabs murder mystery series starring Octavia Spencer
Apple set a $1 billion budget to secure new original shows back in August and have quietly secured several star-laden productions since. The tech giant just acquired another series, and it's timely. Octavia Spencer ( Hidden Figures , The Help ) will star in Are You Sleeping? , a show based on Kathleen Barber's novel of the same name about a woman whose father's grisly murder is explored in a true crime podcast. Are You Sleeping? will pry into our societal obsession with true crime media like podcast Serial and show American Crime Story . Naturally, the former's creator and producer Sarah Koenig will consult on the series, according to Variety . Are You Sleeping? is created and written by Nichelle Tramble Spellman ( The Good Wife , Justified ) and produced by Reese Witherspoon's company Hello Sunshine. That makes the second Witherspoon-involved production snagged by Apple after it bought a TV drama written and created by her and Jennifer Aniston back in No...