Apple TV+ has revealed a release date and first-look photos of Prime Target starring Leo Woodall.
The One Day and The White Lotus actor plays a maths genius on the brink of a breakthrough in the upcoming conspiracy thriller series, which arrives on screens globally on January 22, 2025.
First-look photos shows Woodall in his role alongside Black Adam actor Quintessa Swindell, who plays a US government agent in the eight-parter.
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"Prime Target features a brilliant young math postgraduate, Edward Brooks (Woodall), on the verge of a major breakthrough. If he succeeds in finding a pattern in prime numbers, he will hold the key to every computer in the world," the official synopsis reads.
"Soon he begins to realise an unseen enemy is trying to destroy his idea before it’s even born, which throws him into the orbit of Taylah Sanders, a female NSA agent (Swindell) who’s been tasked with watching and reporting on mathematicians' behaviour.
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"Together they start to unravel the troubling conspiracy Edward is at the heart of."
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Additional cast members include Stephen Rea, Sherwood's David Morrissey, Game of Thrones actor Harry Lloyd and Jason Flemyng of Snatch and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels fame.
Prime Target also star Martha Plimpton, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Ali Suliman, Fra Fee and Joseph Mydell.
The thriller has been executively produced and created by Sherlock and Vienna Blood writer Steve Thompson.
Top Boy's Brady Hood has directed all eight episodes, with Ridley Scott's Scott Free Productions producing the series for Apple TV+.
The first two episodes of the series will premiere globally on the streaming platform in late January, with a new episode following weekly on Wednesdays through to March 5, 2025.
Prime Target will be released globally on Apple TV+ from January 22, 2025.
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