Apple TV+ has ordered new eight-episode thriller, The Wanted Man, starring Hugh Laurie.

From creator, writer and showrunner George Kay (Hijack, Lupin), the series is co-produced by New Pictures (The Long Shadow, Catherine the Great) and Kay’s Observatory Pictures.

The series also stars Thandiwe Newton (Westworld, Crash), Fionn Whitehead (Dunkirk, Emily), Gina McKee (My Policeman, The Years), Hazel Doupe (Say Nothing, Kathleen Is Here), Elliott Heffernan (Blitz) and Stephen Dillane (Game of Thrones, The Hours).

The Wanted Man charts the rise and fall of Felix Carmichael (Laurie), the elusive and powerful head of notorious British crime syndicate ‘The Capital.’ Untouchable for 20 years, Carmichael is finally apprehended, but while he’s held in the infamous Staplehurst prison, it becomes clear that he’s been betrayed by one of his own. As the traitor moves to dismantle the empire he has built, Carmichael must risk everything in a daring escape. Willing to stop at nothing to take his revenge, if he succeeds, he’ll be a wanted man once more.

Produced by All3Media’s New Pictures, and Observatory Pictures, “The Wanted Man” is created, written and executive produced by showrunner Kay, alongside executive producer Willow Grylls (Des, The Missing) and  executive producer Matt Sandford (The Long Shadow). The series is directed by Jakob Verbruggen (The Fall, London Spy, Dark Matter).