Apple is reportedly making a TV show starring Dr. Dre
game. According to The Hollywood Reporter , Apple is
developing a TV series starring Dr. Dre — who, of
course, is a co-founder of the now Apple-owned Beats.
Dre's series is already said to have started filming. The
show is reported to be a dark drama called Vital Signs,
and there is known to be at least one orgy scene. It's
supposed to have six 30-minute episodes in total, with
each taking a semi-autobiographical look at how Dre
responds to different emotions. Sam Rockwell and Mo
McCrae are also reportedly in the cast.
Apple is likely to debut the series all at once — Netflix
style — on Apple Music, according to the Reporter . This
would be Apple's first entry into the world of original TV
series, so it's not clear exactly how it would launch. Vital
Signs doesn't at all sound like the type of dad-friendly
content you'd expect from Apple (e.g. a U2 album), but it's
easy to see why it might have chosen to start here. For
one, it obviously has a close relationship with Dre, and it
makes sense to leverage that. But we're also coming off
the huge success of Straight Outta Compton , which is
essentially an origin story for Dre. There's clearly interest
in his stories. It sounds like Apple is hoping to tap into
that, too.
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