Apple Picks Up ‘The Afterparty’ Murder Mystery Comedy Series From Phil Lord & Chris Miller

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UPDATED: Apple TV+ has given an eight-episode straight-to-series order to The Afterparty, a single-camera comedy series executive produced by Phil Lord and Chris Miller, from Sony Pictures TV and its label TriStar Television.

The project, which I hear already has hired a line producer and is zeroing in on casting the lead, is created by Miller who will serve as showrunner. It is described as a murder mystery set at a high school reunion afterparty. Each of the eight episodes will feature a retelling of the same night told through a different character’s perspective, each with its own unique visual format and film genre to match the teller’s personality.

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Lord Miller’s VP of Television Aubrey Lee will serve as producer.

The Afterparty marks the biggest piece of development to date for Oscar-winning writers/directors/producers Lord and Miller under the massive five-year overall deal they signed with Sony Pictures Television in April 2019.

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Under the Sony TV agreement, the duo are developing live-action comedy and drama series as well as animated shows through their Lord Miller Productions company, including a suite of TV series based on Sony’s Universe of Marvel characters, which had been a priority for SPT.

Through their previous overall deal at 20th TV, Lord and Miller executive producer two animated series, Bless the Harts, which has been renewed for a second season by Fox, and Hoops for Netflix. They previously were executive producers and directors on the Fox/20th TV comedy series The Last Man On Earth, which earned them an directing Emmy nomination.

As writers, Lord and Miller previously co-created with Bill Lawrence the animated series Clone High. The news of the duo’s Apple series was first reported by Variety.

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