Apple TV’s Stephen Graham Series Gets Release Date — and a New Title

Stephen Graham’s new Apple TV series has a new title — Nocturne — and a debut date.

Formerly titled Lazarus, the 10-episode drama written by Rowan Joffe and John Hlavin also stars Liev Schreiber and Zazie Beetz. The four of them are among Nocturne‘s executive producers; Hlavin is showrunner.

Graham’s Adolescence owned the Emmy Awards last year with a total of eight wins, including for best limited series. He wrote and starred in that one; Graham (Snatch, Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man, Al Capone in Boardwalk Empire) is just an actor for Nocturne.

Lazarus is the name of the 2018 Lars Kepler novel the series has been adapted from. “Lars Kepler” is the pen name for husband-and-wife duo Alexandra Coelho Ahndoril and Alexander Ahndoril; they executive produce the series under the alias.

Nocturne will premiere globally on Oct. 30, 2026 — what we in the United States refer to as “Mischief Night.” Apple will roll out two episodes at that time and the next eight each Friday through Christmas. Tim Van Patten (Masters of the Air, Black Mirror) directs both of those first two episodes.

The limited series tells the story of Jonah Lynn (Schreiber), a former soldier and current homicide detective who, “tired of working the tough streets of Philadelphia, moves to a small town in Western Pennsylvania for a quiet life,” the synopsis reads. “But, as the town and his family come under attack from the diabolically cunning serial killer Jurek Walter (Graham), Jonah must protect all that he holds dear.”

It continues: “When the desperate search for Jurek’s last missing victim forces Jonah to send his surrogate daughter FBI Agent Saga Bauer (Beetz) up against Jurek, how far will Jonah go?”
 
Bill Camp, Rory Culkin, Chrissy Metz, Poorna Jagannathan and Gary Carr round out the Nocturne cast.

Nocturne is produced by A+E Studios in association with Range Studios. Van Patten, Øystein Karlsen, David Rysdahl, Dorothy Fortenberry and Niclas Salomonsson also executive produce; Julie Herrin serves as co-executive producer. Barry Jossen and Tana Jamieson executive produce for A+E Studios, and Heather Kadin, Peter Micelli and Jack Whigham executive produce for Range Studios.