Olivier Martinez joins Maya Rudolph for unnamed Apple TV+ comedy

Tim Cook on stage presenting Apple TV+
Tim Cook on stage presenting Apple TV+ (Image credit: Apple)

What you need to know

  • Olivier Martinez will reportedly star opposite May Rudolph in a new Apple TV+ comedy.
  • The new show doesn't yet have a name but it will reportedly run as 30-minute episodes.

A new report has Olivier Martinez set to join Maya Rudolph on an unnamed Apple TV+ comedy. The show will feature half-hour episodes and is from Emmy winners Alan Yang and Matt Hubbard.

According to a Deadline report, the show will center on a woman whose husband leaves here "with nothing but $87 billion." The horror of it!

Olivier Martinez (Unfaithful) is set for a heavily recurring role opposite Maya Rudolph in Apple's untitled half-hour comedy series from Emmy winners Alan Yang and Matt Hubbard. Created and written by Yang and Hubbard, the series follows Molly (Rudolph), a woman whose seemingly perfect life is upended after her husband leaves her with nothing but $87 billion. Martinez will play Jean Pierre, a handsome, charismatic, romantic billionaire. Jean-Pierre comes from a philanthropic, old money family in France and wants his family's charitable foundation to collaborate with Molly. Although he intends to keep it strictly business, there is an undeniable connection between Jean-Pierre and Molly. MJ Rodriguez also stars.

Given the fact this show doesn't yet have a name and it's still picking up talent, it's fair to say that it will be a little while before it lands on our screens. The plot is enough to whet the appetite regardless, so I know I'm already looking forward to taking this in when it's available to stream.

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Oliver Haslam
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Oliver Haslam has written about Apple and the wider technology business for more than a decade with bylines on How-To Geek, PC Mag, iDownloadBlog, and many more. He has also been published in print for Macworld, including cover stories. At iMore, Oliver is involved in daily news coverage and, not being short of opinions, has been known to 'explain' those thoughts in more detail, too. Having grown up using PCs and spending far too much money on graphics card and flashy RAM, Oliver switched to the Mac with a G5 iMac and hasn't looked back. Since then he's seen the growth of the smartphone world, backed by iPhone, and new product categories come and go. Current expertise includes iOS, macOS, streaming services, and pretty much anything that has a battery or plugs into a wall. Oliver also covers mobile gaming for iMore, with Apple Arcade a particular focus. He's been gaming since the Atari 2600 days and still struggles to comprehend the fact he can play console quality titles on his pocket computer.