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'The Bonfire of the Vanities' series dropped by Apple TV
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Apple TV will not go ahead with a series dramatization of
"The Bonfire of the Vanities."

The high-profile television version of Tom Wolfe's "The Bonfire
of the Vanities" will reportedly no longer be made for Apple TV
because of creative differences.

This would have been the third version of Wolfe's famous 1980s
novel about greed and Wall Street, and it was to be made by
"Ally McBeal" and "The Practice" writer/producer David E. Kelley.
Now according to Deadline, the deal is off and the production
team will shop the series around to other streamers and networks.

Neither Apple nor the production team at Warner Bros. Television
officially announced the series was in development, but it was
first reported to be in the works in April 2026. Now unspecified
sources say that Apple TV and Warner Bros were not creatively
aligned over the project.

What that means is that Apple wanted one thing and Warners wanted
another. Specifically, it's said that David E. Kelley was not
happy about how the show was being handled.

According to AppleInsider sources, Apple TV tends to be very
hands-off with productions unless its executives are unhappy with
initial footage. "The Bonfire of the Vanities" will have been far
from filming yet, so the issues must have been over the script
creation stage.

Whatever the reason, Warner Bros Television is now reportedly
shopping the series around to other networks and streamers. This
always happens when a drama goes into what's sometimes called
turnaround, but the process has a mixed to poor track record.

Once a show has been announced, another streamer will be wary of
being seen to be picking up another one's cast-offs, for instance.
Apple TV picked up "Pachinko" when other streamers couldn't afford
it, but that deal happened before the show was widely known to be
in development.

Nonetheless, in this case David E. Kelley has a strong track record
for creating hits. These include "Margo's Got Money Troubles" and
"Presumed Innocent," both for Apple TV, and Kelley is continuing to
work on their subsequent seasons.



<https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/08/06/the-bonfire-of-the-vanities-series-dropped-by-apple-tv>





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