Apple TV Lands Gripping Crime Drama Dustfall
Apple TV has acquired Dustfall, the gripping six-episode crime drama starring Emmy Award nominee Anna Torv (The Last of Us, Mindhunter), from Soapbox Pictures and Moonriver Television.
Dustfall is written for the screen by Dianne Taylor (After the Party), based on the Davitt Awards Readers’ Choice-winning novel The Unbelieved by Vikki Petraitis and directed by Emma Freeman (The Family Next Door, The Newsreader).
Apple TV will premiere Dustfall in 2027, except in Australia, where it screens on ABC and ABC iview and is subject to the premiere rights held by the BBC and ZDF in their respective territories. Apple TV acquired the series from distributor Federation International.
Dustfall is a propulsive, atmospheric tropic noir that follows a seasoned detective, Antigone “Tig” Pollard (Torv), whose deep sense of justice is challenged by a world where victims are doubted, predators hide in plain sight, and the legal system too often falls short.
Tig is called in to investigate a harrowing sexual assault case that spirals darker after a key suspect turns up dead. As Tig hunts for the truth, she’s forced to confront long-buried secrets from her own adolescence.
The cast also stars BAFTA Award and Emmy Award nominee Juliet Stevenson (Truly, Madly, Deeply), Peter Fenton (Love Is a Four-Letter Word), Bert LaBonté (Last Seen), Zoe Phillips (East of Eden), Kate Box (Deadloch), Lila McGuire (Goolagong), Harry Gilchrist, Ling Cooper Tang (Troppo), and Gemma Chua-Tran (Heartbreak High)
Alice Ansara (Black Snow), Martin Sacks (The Survivors), Theo Haitana (Heart of the Man), Conrad Coleby (All Saints), Ben Knight (Bay of Fires), Kirsty O’Connor (A Little Resistance), Jay Ryan (Territory), Ed Wightman (Last Days of the Space Age), and Luke J. Morgan (NCIS: Sydney) round out the cast.
Dustfall is adapted for television by Taylor, Stuart Page (Total Control), Belinda Chayko (The Survivors), and Beatrix Christian (Black Snow). The series is directed by Freeman, who also executive produces alongside Xavier Marchand (A Gentleman in Moscow) and Daisy Gilbert (Nautilus) for Moonriver, Deb Balderstone (Ticket to Paradise) for Soapbox Pictures, and Torv, as well as Brett Sleigh and Rachel Okine for ABC.
Dustfall is a Soapbox Pictures and Moonriver co-production for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, in association with the BBC, ZDF and Screen Australia, and distributed worldwide by Federation International. The series is set and filmed on the Gold Coast in Australia.
