Apple Plans to Release Spielberg Series as Part of a Bigger Push Into TV
- ‘Amazing Stories’ would be first show ordered since Sony hires
- Tech giant paying $5 million an episode, WSJ reports
Director Steven Spielberg
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Apple Inc.’s plan to challenge Netflix Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. in the TV business just got a little bit clearer.
The maker of the iPhone and iPad plans to release a remake of Steven Spielberg’s science fiction anthology series “Amazing Stories,’’ according to NBCUniversal, one of the TV companies working with the technology giant. “Amazing Stories’’ would be the first original series Apple has agreed to finance since the world’s most valuable technology company hired two Sony Corp. executives to shepherd its nascent efforts in TV production.