{"id":6720,"date":"2026-04-22T15:20:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T15:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/6720\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T15:20:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T15:20:22","slug":"amir-el-masry-more-cast-in-apple-tv-drama-based-on-berlin-noir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/6720\/","title":{"rendered":"Amir El-Masry &#038; More Cast In Apple TV Drama Based On &#8216;Berlin Noir&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tEXCLUSIVE: More cast has been set for <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/apple-tv\/\" id=\"auto-tag_apple-tv\" data-tag=\"apple-tv\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple TV<\/a>\u2018s untitled TV series based on <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/metropolis\/\" id=\"auto-tag_metropolis\" data-tag=\"metropolis\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Metropolis<\/a> from Philip Kerr\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/berlin-noir\/\" id=\"auto-tag_berlin-noir\" data-tag=\"berlin-noir\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Berlin Noir<\/a> novels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/amir-el-masry\/\" id=\"auto-tag_amir-el-masry\" data-tag=\"amir-el-masry\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amir El-Masry<\/a> (Giant, The Crown),\u00a0Stephen Campbell Moore (Industry, Criminal Record),\u00a0Alex Nowak (Coffee Morning Club, The End),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/jacob-mccarthy\/\" id=\"auto-tag_jacob-mccarthy\" data-tag=\"jacob-mccarthy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jacob McCarthy<\/a> (SAS: Rogue Heroes, Mary &amp; George) and <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/amanda-lawrence\/\" id=\"auto-tag_amanda-lawrence\" data-tag=\"amanda-lawrence\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amanda Lawrence<\/a> (Gone, Malory Towers) are the latest additions to the ensemble cast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tBased on Kerr\u2019s global bestselling Berlin Noir book series and produced by Industry maker <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/bad-wolf\/\" id=\"auto-tag_bad-wolf\" data-tag=\"bad-wolf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bad Wolf<\/a>, Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/playtone\/\" id=\"auto-tag_playtone\" data-tag=\"playtone\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PlayTone<\/a> and German co-producerStudio Babelsberg, the series follows iconic detective Bernie Gunther\u2019s origin story in 1928, as the young police office is promoted to the intimidating and elite Berlin Murder Squad to investigate what appears to be a serial killer on the edge of society.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tEl-Masry will be Bruno Stahlecker, Campbell Moore plays Christian Voight, Nowak is Fritz Hart, McCarthy plays Max Hart and Lawrence boards as Frau Weitendorf. They join the previously announced Jack Lowden, Colin Firth,\u00a0Maxine Peake, Daniel Mays, Roger Allam, Liz Kingsman and Carys Daniels in the cast. Production is underway in Berlin. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tConclave and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy writer Peter Straughan is adapting the books, with Tom Shankland (House of Guinness, The Leopard) directing. Both are exec producers alongside Luke Snellin; Jane Tranter, Dan McCulloch and Ryan Rasmussen for Bad Wolf;\u00a0and Hanks and Goetzman for PlayTone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAuthor Kerr wrote 14 Bernie Gunther novels, finishing Metropolis just before he passed away in 2018. His widow, Jane Thynne, owns the copyright to the books through their company, Thynker Ltd., which is represented by United Agents. Thynne serves as a consulting producer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tEl-Masry is represented by Independent Talent and Insight Entertainment, Campbell Moore is represented by The Curtis Brown Group and Nowak by VisABLE People. Jacob McCarthy is represented by B-Side Management and Lorraine Brennan Managemen and Lawrence by Curtis Brown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: More cast has been set for Apple TV\u2018s untitled TV series based on Metropolis from Philip Kerr\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6721,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[6555,6556,312,6557,18,313,6558,433,6559,6560],"class_list":{"0":"post-6720","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-berlin","8":"tag-amanda-lawrence","9":"tag-amir-el-masry","10":"tag-apple-tv","11":"tag-bad-wolf","12":"tag-berlin","13":"tag-berlin-noir","14":"tag-jacob-mccarthy","15":"tag-metropolis","16":"tag-playtone","17":"tag-studio-babelsberg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}