Overview
- Multiple outlets reported Thursday that Apple TV is developing a series based on Tom Wolfe’s The Bonfire of the Vanities, with David E. Kelley writing and executive producing and Matt Reeves attached to direct.
- Warner Bros. Television is the studio, with Sarah Geismer of 6th and Idaho and Matthew Tinker of David E. Kelley Productions also set as executive producers.
- Apple has not announced casting, an episode order, or a release window, and a reported eight-episode length remains unconfirmed.
- The novel is a satire of 1980s New York that tracks a Wall Street trader as his life unravels after an incident in the Bronx, exploring race, class, politics, and media spectacle.
- The 1990 film adaptation was a notable flop, and this project would be Kelley’s second Tom Wolfe adaptation and a continuation of his Apple partnership following Presumed Innocent and the upcoming Margo’s Got Money Troubles.