Shantaram: Charlie Hunnam set to lead new Apple series
Apple’s latest drama, Shantaram, taps Charlie Hunnam as the lead.
The Sons of Anarchy veteran is set to headline the upcoming series for Apple TV. Deadline reports Shantaram will serve as a return to television for Charlie Hunnam. It will be a ten-episode series, with American Hustle writer Eric Warren Singer set to write the adaptation.
The drama is based on Gregory David Robert’s hit book, which revolves around Hunnam’s character on the run. There was an intense bidding war for the rights as well as the sequel, The Mountain Shadow.
Hunnam’s character, Lin, is cut off from everyone he loves in an attempt to escape Australian prison. Shantaram will take place in India, after Lin takes refuge in Bombay and navigates the underworld of the city. Deadline confirms the series will be filmed in both Australia and India for season 1.
Justin Kurzel, who will direct the first two episodes, has signed on as an executive producer alongside Singer, David Erickson (Fear the Walking Dead), Steve Golin of Anonymous Content, Nicole Clemens, Andrea Barron, and Richard Sharkey.
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Hunnam is most infamously known for his leading role on Sons of Anarchy as Jax Teller. However, he has also starred in multiple films including Pacific Rim, Triple Frontier, and King Arthur: Legend of the Sword. Deadline also reports Richard Roxburgh and Radhika Apte are set to join the cast as well. Roxburgh’s character is Detective Marty Nightingalem, one of the men tasked with finding Lin while Apte is an Indian journalist named Kavita.
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Source: Deadline