‘Tehran’ Trailer: AppleTV+ Initiates Its Own Espionage Thriller
While Netflix continues to lead in the streaming wars thanks to its constant global expansion, a comparatively newer streaming service is pushing for some more global appeal of its own. AppleTV+ has unveiled a new trailer forTehran, an espionage thriller which has shades of Steven Spielberg’sMunichand follows an undercover Israeli agent whose mission to dismantle Iran’s nuclear reactor goes bad. Check out the trailer below.
Tehran Trailer
This series hails fromMoshe Zonder, who wrote Netflix’sFauda, as well asDana EdenandMaor Kohn. Zonder wrote the series alongsideOmri Shenhar(Magpie). It was created for Isreal’s Kan 11 public TV channel, where it premiered in late June. AppleTV+ swooped in just before the premiere and purchased the international rights to the series; it will serve as the exclusive streaming home of the show around the world.Daniel Syrkin(Mossad 101,Douze Points,The Gordin Cell) directed every episode of season one.
I’m not familiar with lead actressNiv Sultan(who looks like she could be Alicia Vikander’s sister), but I definitely recognize actorsShaun ToubandNavid Negahban. Toub has been in tons of stuff that you may have seen: the 1996 one-two punch ofBroken ArrowandExecutive Decision,Snowpiercer,Seinfeld,The Kite Runner, and many more. But he’s arguably most famous for playing Yinsen, the guy who helps Tony Stark in the cave in the originalIron Man. Negahban has been acting for twenty years, popping up on shows likeThe Shield,Lost,Alias,24, and sharing the screen with Toub in bothHomelandandCharlie Wilson’s War.
As for the show itself, it looks like a propulsive thriller that should appeal to fans ofHomelandand24. Having read a little about the series beyond its official synopsis, there also seems to be a bit more going on than meets the eye, both in this trailer and in the description itself. So if this appears to be a bit too familiar for your tastes, the show may end up surprising you.
Here’s the aforementioned synopsis:
Tamar is a Mossad hacker-agent who infiltrates Tehran under a false identity to help destroy Iran’s nuclear reactor. But when her mission fails and she’s trapped in a new life, Tamar must plan an operation that will place everyone dear to her in jeopardy.
Tehranwill debut its first three episodes on Apple TV+ onSeptember 25,2020, and new episodes will come out on Fridays for the rest of the season.
