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# Nocturne on Apple TV: Liev Schreiber, Zazie Beetz and the Next Dark Thriller to Binge
- URL: https://www.beautifullychaoticlife.com/nocturne-apple-tv-liev-schreiber/
- Published: 2026-10-29T15:12:05.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-11T11:38:57.000Z
- Description: Apple TV’s new crime drama, based on Lars Kepler’s bestselling novels, premieres Friday, October 30 with two episodes. Here is the setup, the cast and how the release schedule works.
- Author: BCL Staff
- Tags: Movies, #surfacing, #incoming

If your idea of a good Friday night is a cold, twisty crime show and a blanket, Apple TV has your weekend. *Nocturne*, a 10-episode drama starring Liev Schreiber, Zazie Beetz and Stephen Graham, premieres Friday, October 30 with its first two episodes. New episodes follow every Friday through December 25.

![Nocturne official key art, Apple TV](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9c/57/9c570c4e-e9f6-40c3-926f-7b0e8ded09b6/content/images/2026/10/movies-nocturne-key-art.jpg)

Official key art via Apple TV Press (Nocturne).

## The setup

The series is based on *Lazarus* and *The Sandman*, two novels in the bestselling crime series by Lars Kepler, the pen name of Swedish writing duo Alexandra Coelho Ahndoril and Alexander Ahndoril. Apple says Kepler’s 10 novels have sold 20 million copies and been translated into 40 languages.

According to [Apple TV’s announcement](https://www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2026/07/apple-tvs-thrilling-new-crime-drama-nocturne-starring-liev-schreiber-zazie-beetz-and-stephen-graham-to-make-global-debut-on-friday-october-30/?ref=beautifullychaoticlife.com), Schreiber plays Jonah Lynn, an ex-soldier turned homicide detective who leaves the tough streets of Philadelphia for a quiet life in a small town in western Pennsylvania. The quiet does not last. The town and his family come under attack from a cunning serial killer, Jurek Walter, played by Stephen Graham. When the search for Jurek’s last missing victim pushes Jonah to send his surrogate daughter, FBI agent Saga Bauer (Beetz), up against the killer, the question becomes how far Jonah will go.

If you know the books, those names will ring a bell. Jurek Walter and Saga Bauer are central to the Kepler series, which has been moved here from Sweden to Pennsylvania.

## The cast is the draw

Schreiber has played grim, protective men for a long time, and this sounds like that lane. Graham, an Emmy, Golden Globe and Actor Award winner, is the casting that makes us curious. He is capable of being genuinely frightening. Beetz brings warmth to everything she is in, which matters in a show this dark.

The ensemble also includes Bill Camp, Rory Culkin, Chrissy Metz, Poorna Jagannathan and Gary Carr. Seeing Chrissy Metz, who many of us still picture as Kate from *This Is Us*, in a serial-killer thriller is its own reason to tune in.

## Who made it

The series was created for television by BAFTA winner Rowan Joffé and developed and run by showrunner John Hlavin. Tim Van Patten, whose credits include *Masters of the Air* and *Black Mirror*, directs the first two episodes. Schreiber and Beetz are also executive producers.

## Should you watch?

A weekly release through Christmas means this is not a one-weekend binge. That is honestly a plus in a busy season. Two episodes on Friday tell you whether the tone works for you, and then it is one hour a week, which is about what most of us can protect in December.

A fair warning: this is a serial-killer story with a family in danger, so it is not background viewing. Save it for when the house is quiet. Watch the [official trailer on Apple TV Press](https://www.apple.com/tv-pr/originals/nocturne/?ref=beautifullychaoticlife.com) to decide if it is your kind of dark.

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