“City on Fire” Will Premiere This May on Apple TV+

Apple TV+ announced the premiere date and first look for “City on Fire,” an upcoming eight-episode Apple Original drama inspired by the acclaimed novel of the same name by Garth Risk Hallberg and written and executive produced by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, at the 2023 Winter Television Critics Association press tour.

Starring an ensemble cast that includes Wyatt Oleff, Chase Sui Wonders, Jemima Kirke, Nico Tortorella, Ashley Zukerman, Xavier Clyde, Max Milner, Alexandra Doke, Omid Abtahi, Kathleen Munroe, and John Cameron Mitchell, “City on Fire” will make its global debut with the first three episodes on Friday, May 12, with new episodes every Friday through June 16, 2023.

In “City on Fire,” a student from New York University gets shot on Independence Day, 2003, in Central Park. Samantha is on her own, and there is hardly any tangible proof or witnesses. Despite the fact that her friends’ band is performing at her favorite downtown club, she goes to meet someone, only to promise to return later but  never does. As the investigation into the murder of Samantha progresses, she is found to be the key link between a series of strange citywide fires, the downtown music scene, and a wealthy uptown real estate family whose secrets are beginning to crumble under the weight of the numerous secrets they hold.

‘Samantha,’ played by Chase Sui Wonders, is friends with ‘Charlie,’ played by Wyatt Oleff, who is grieving the loss of his father, also named Charlie, on 9/11 two years prior. When he hears that she has been shot, he becomes obsessed with finding the truth.