‘Better Call Saul’ Alum Michael Mando in Apple’s ‘Sinking Spring’

“Better Call Saul” actor Michael Mando has signed on to star opposite Brian Tyree Henry in Peter Craig.

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Ridley Scott’s upcoming Apple TV+ series “Sinking Spring,” Variety has learned.

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Based on the book “Dope Thief” by Dennis Tafoya, Apple’s eight-episode series “Sinking Spring”.

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Follows long-time Philly friends and delinquents who pose as DEA agents to rob an unknown house in the countryside.

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Only to have their small-time grift become a life-and-death enterprise, as they unwittingly reveal and unravel.

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Craig serves as writer and executive producer, in addition to directing one episode.

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Henry will executive produce as well as starring.

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Scott executive produces via Scott Free Productions with David W. Zucker and Clayton Krueger.

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Tafoya will be consulting producer. Apple Studios will produce. Scott Free is currently under a first-look TV deal at Apple.

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