Apple's first TV series already started filming this week, the American company being willing to produce content for the iTunes Store and the future TV streaming service alone, various discussions having already been held with some production studios.
Vital Signs is the name of the first Apple TV series si Dr. Dre will be the main act, the whole series being based on his life story, an autobiography being the source of inspiration for a good part of the script already used.
According to those who have seen the script Apple TV series called Vital Signs, it presents the difficult moments of his life Dr. Dre and the various emotions he experienced then, the series going to have a lot of violent moments, but also sex scenes.
The scenes of the first episode were filmed on Monday and Tuesday, and one of the scenes includes a fairly detailed orgy, Dr. Dre's wife also being present at the filming to supervise her husband in the company of the hired actresses.
While technically a half-hour, the show is not a comedy. Instead, it is described as a dark drama with no shortage of violence and sex. In fact, an episode filming Monday and Tuesday this week featured an extended orgy scene. Sources tell THR naked extras simulated sex in a mansion in the Bird Streets neighborhood of Los Angeles' Hollywood Hills. (Dre's wife Nicole Threatt Young was on set to witness the shenanigans, one insider says.)
episodes the TV series Vital Signs they will have 30 minutes each and will be released all at once, as Netflix does, Apple seems to prefer this strategy instead of a truncated release with each episode one week apart from the other.
For now, it is not known how this Apple TV series will be distributed, but it is speculated that it could be available only to those who have Apple Music subscriptions or it could be sold through iTunes, but we will find that out in the future.
Dr. Dre is one of the executive producers of the Vital Signs series, and apart from him, Sam Rockwell and Mo McRae will star in the film, with Paul Hunter being the director.
