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Apple TV Orders ‘Safe Houses’ Spy Series With Gideon Raff as Showrunner

The series adapts Dan Fesperman’s 2018 espionage novel.

Overview

  • The eight-episode thriller is set after the killing of a high-ranking CIA officer in Madrid.
  • The plot tracks fugitive agent Sofia Jiménez and widow Ambassador Elizabeth Winthrop as they investigate from opposite sides of the case.
  • Wiip and Apple Studios will co-produce the series, with Otto Bathurst directing the opening block.
  • Gideon Raff will direct several episodes and executive produce alongside Alexandra Milchan.
  • Paul Lee and David Flynn will executive produce for Wiip, with Mike Seid and Adam Berkowitz as co-executive producers, Sara Gonzalo producing, and author Dan Fesperman serving as consulting producer.