Apple has reportedly rejected “Vital Signs,” an in-the-works TV present starring and executive-produced by Dr. Dre that was being made for its streaming service, after CEO Tim Cook deemed its content material too graphic and violent, The Wall Street Journal reports.
The semi-autobiographical, six-episode present had been touted as Apple’s debut scripted collection, with a solid together with Sam Rockwell, Michael Ok. Williams, and Ian McShane. According to The Wall Street Journal, Cook objected to scenes involving medication, intercourse, and weapons. The present might find yourself being broadcast elsewhere.
In a 2016 interview with Entertainment Weekly, Rockwell mentioned that the present featured him, Williams, and McShane enjoying totally different points of Dr. Dre’s character. “I play Ego, and Ian McShane is Vengeance, and Michael K. Williams is Negativity. There’s also a character called Prodigy,” he mentioned. Rockwell additionally informed EW that “We had a couple of orgy scenes. That was interesting.”
The Wall Street Journal reviews, “Apple has made clear, say producers and agents, that it wants high-quality shows with stars and broad appeal, but it doesn’t want gratuitous sex, profanity or violence.” For an M. Night Shyamalan collection, which was in the end authorized, Apple reportedly requested that crucifixes within the lead characters’ home be eliminated. Apple has additionally changed a number of different collection’ showrunners after buying the rights, in keeping with the report.
Pitchfork has contacted representatives for Apple and Dr. Dre for remark.
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