This weekApple TV+seriesDickinson, starringHailee Steinfeld,Jane Krakowski, andToby Huss, not only got a new teaser trailer but it was also announced the series will headline the 2019 Tribeca TV Festival. This is big stuff for Apple TV+ as they jockey for a place in the streaming wars spotlight alongside fellow up-and-comersHBO MaxandDisney+.
Dickinsonis an eight-episode, half-hour comedy taking a look at the teenage years of the famed 19th-century American poet Emily Dickinson. The first teaser forDickinsonreleased earlier this week hinted at the tongue-in-cheek tone of the series. Featuring uptempo electronica more suited to a set at Coachella and featuring Steinfeld’s teen Dickinson getting all kinds of irreverent with her equally mischievous friends,Dickinsonwill put a decidedly Millennial spin on its version of a chapter in the poet’s life.
PerVariety,Dickinsonwill kick off the third annual Tribeca TV Festival. Apple TV+ coming to the Tribeca TV Festival with one of its newest original series is a big step forward. The soon-to-be-launched streamer has been slowly releasing teasers and trailers for its slate of original programming in recent months. Trailers for theJoel Kinnaman-starring sci-fi seriesFor All Mankindand later,The Morning ShowstarringReese Witherspoon,Jennifer Aniston, andSteve Carellhaven’t made the lasting impression expected of shows of their pedigree.Dickinsonhas the potential to change the discourse around the Apple TV+ original programming slate and its vision if it manages to make waves of any kind with its Tribeca TV Festival outing.
Dickinsonwill debut on Apple TV+ in fall 2019. Check out the teaser trailer forDickinsonbelow:
The official synopsis forDickinsonis here:
Dickinsonaudaciously explores the constraints of society, gender, and family from the perspective of a rebellious young poet, Emily Dickinson (Steinfeld). Set in the 19th century,Dickinsonis a coming-of-age story that finds Emily Dickinson to be an unexpected hero for our millennial era.
