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My Glory Was I Had Such Friends is not coming to Apple TV+ after all. The streaming service has dropped its plans for the series following the exit of actress Jennifer Garner. She was set to star in the series which was picked up in 2018. The project would have reunited Garner with director/producer/writer J.J. Abrams. The pair worked together on the TV series Alias.

The following was revealed about the decision to drop the series:

According to sources, Garner exited My Glory Was I Had Such Friends for scheduling reasons. The show has taken quite awhile to get off the ground, and the Alias alumna is currently filming another limited series, The Last Thing He Told Me, an adaptation of Laura Dave’s bestselling novel, which is produced by Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine.

The series is based on Amy Silverstein’s book...

Bad Robot has certainly had a run of, well, bad luck lately. The J. J. Abrams and Katie McGrath-led production label only just saw its ambitious sci-fi fantasy series "Demimonde" scrapped at HBO Max back in June 2022. This came a mere ten months after the streamer turned down Bad Robot's proposed prequel series to "The Shining," a show that has since failed to find a new home.

More recently, the company's 250 million deal with WarnerMedia has been scrutinized by the penny-pinching bosses at the newly-formed Warner Bros. Discovery, given that Bad Robot has yet to actually deliver any of the high-profile films or TV series it's started working on since the agreement was finalized in 2019. If all that wasn't enough, Apple TV+ has also elected to cancel Bad Robot's limited series "My Glory Was I Had Such Friends" after giving it a straight-to-series order in 2018.

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Jennifer Garner and J.J. Abrams’ creative reunion will have to wait: Apple TV+ has scrapped the limited series My Glory Was I Had Such Friends, a long-gestating project on which the Alias vets would have collaborated.

According to our sister site Deadline, who broke the news, Apple’s decision came after Garner exited the project due to scheduling conflicts. Warner Bros. Television and Abrams’ production company Bad Robot reportedly plan to shop the project elsewhere.

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Exclusive: Jennifer Garner has pulled out of the long-in-the-works Apple TV+ limited series My Glory Was I Had Such Friends, from J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot and Warner Bros. TV. As a result, the streamer has opted not to go forward with the project that it had landed with a straight-to-series order in 2018. Reps for Apple, Bad Robot, Wbtv and Garner declined comment.

According to sources, Garner exited My Glory Was I Had Such Friend for scheduling reasons. The show has taken quite awhile to get off the ground, and the Alias alumna is currently filming another Apple TV+ limited series, The Last Thing He Told Me, an adaptation of Laura Dave’s bestselling novel, which is produced by Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine.

Wbtv and Bad Robot are said to both be high on My Glory Was I Had Such Friend and intend to seek another home for it,...

As Bad Robot is ramping up its series portfolio, adding a slate of HBO Max projects to the mix, the company is bulking up its television team. Bad Robot has hired Alex Phillips as VP of Television. She joins VP Kira Innes, who joined the company a year ago, as well as Bad Robot’s Jamila Kerr, who has been promoted to VP, and Derek Martin, who has been upped to Director of Television.

Prior to joining Bad Robot, Phillips served as a film and television executive at Lena Waithe’s Hillman Grad Productions, where she was involved on projects including Showtime’s The Chi; Radha Blank’s debut Sundance feature The Forty-Year-Old Version, which premiered on Netflix this past fall; and Waithe’s loosely autobiographical comedy Twenties.

Innes joined Bad Robot as VP of Television in 2019 where she is actively involved in the upcoming HBO series Demimonde and Apple...

J.J. Abrams’ production company Bad Robot is aiming to continue to grow its development slate and existing television footprint by expanding its TV division.

The company is bringing on board Alex Phillips as vice president of television, joining vice presidents Jamila Kerr and Kira Innes and director of television Derek Martin.

“We couldn’t be prouder of the team,” said Bad Robot head of TV Ben Stephenson and exec vice president of TV Rachel Rusch Rich, to whom Phillips will report. “Each and every one has excelled; from executives who have impressively grown their careers within Bad Robot to those who have newly brought their formidable skills and relationships to the department. The strength of this group inspires us for all the tremendous work that is to come,”

Phillips was most recently a film and TV exec at Lena Waithe’s Hillman Grad Productions, where she worked on Showtime’s “The Chi,...

Exclusive: Patrick Ness’ book Burn, set in 1957 about a girl and her father who hire a dragon to work their farm, is being developed as a television adaptation after Bad Robot optioned the rights.

Ness, who has written nine books as well as the screenplay to 2016 fantasy feature A Monster Calls starring Sigourney Weaver, Felicity Jones and Liam Neeson, will write and exec produce the adaptation.

J.J. Abrams will also exec produce alongside Bad Robot’s Head of Television, Ben Stephenson. Executive Vice President of Television Rachel Rusch Rich will co-executive produce. It will be produced in association with Warner Bros. Television.

The book is set in 1957 during the middle of the Cold War. Sarah Dewhurst, a biracial teen, and her father, outcasts in their little town of Frome, Washington, are forced to hire a dragon to work their farm, something only the poorest of the poor ever resort to.

J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot has secured the rights to adapt Glennon Doyle’s best-selling memoir Untamed for television.

The Westworld producer has tapped Jessie Nelson, showrunner of Bad Robot-produced Apple TV+ series Little Voice, to exec produce alongside Doyle and Bad Robot’s Head of Television, Ben Stephenson after winning the rights in a competitive situation.

Momastery founder Doyle will co-write the first episode, while Rachel Rusch Rich, Bad Robot’s Executive Vice President of Television, will co-executive produce.

Untamed explores the joy and peace we discover when we stop striving to meet the expectations of the world, and start trusting the voice deep within us. Published earlier this year, it is Doyle’s third memoir and comes after she married U.S. soccer legend Abby Wambach.

Untamed was chosen as a Reese’s Book Club and Hello Sunshine Book Pick with Reese Witherspoon saying that it is “packed...

In a competitive situation, Bad Robot has secured the rights to develop Glennon Doyle’s best-selling memoir “Untamed” for television.

In association with Warner Bros. Television, J.J. Abrams and Bad Robot’s head of television, Ben Stephenson, will executive produce alongside Jessie Nelson and Doyle, who will also co-write the first episode. Rachel Rusch Rich, Bad Robot’s executive vice president of television, will co-executive produce. The project reunites Bad Robot and Nelson, as they previously collaborated on the Apple series “Little Voice.”

The book explores the joy and peace we discover when we stop striving to meet the expectations of the world, and start trusting the voice deep within us.

“We were incredibly moved by Glennon’s story of coming to live more honestly, bravely, and fully, embracing the messiness that comes along with change,” Stephenson and Rich said. “Glennon’s own writing is sharp and funny and deeply felt,...

HBO Max has ordered three series from J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions, including a show inspired by Stephen King’s “The Shining.”

The upcoming series are all one-hour dramas and will mark the first Bad Robot-produced television projects for HBO Max, the WarnerMedia-owned streaming service slated to launch sometime in May.

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“Overlook” is a horror-thriller series inspired by and featuring iconic characters from King’s “The Shining,” and the guests of its haunted Colorado locale. The show will explore the untold, terrifying stories from the Overlook Hotel, which served as the setting for King’s horror masterpiece and Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 adaptation. The project will mark the latest collaboration between Bad Robot, King, and Warner Bros. Television, who previously collaborated on Hulu’s “Castle Rock.”

Bad Robot is...

We have some good news for J.J. Abrams fans.

And let's be honest. With hits like Fringe, Lost, Alias, and Felicity, among others, it's hard not be to an Abrams fan, isn't it?

HBO Max today announced it has given production commitments for three new high-octane one-hour dramas from J.J. Abrams and Katie McGrath’s Bad Robot Productions and Warner Bros. Television Group.

This marks the first new Bad Robot–produced television projects for HBO Max under the exclusive, wide-ranging content collaboration partnership formed by Bad Robot with HBO Max parent company WarnerMedia in fall 2019.

The first series, Duster, is to be co-written by J.J. Abrams & Latoya Morgan.

Set in the 1970’s Southwest, the life of a gutsy getaway driver for a growing crime syndicate goes from awful to wildly, stupidly, dangerously awful.

Morgan is currently a writer on The Walking Dead. Previously, she was a co-executive producer...

Last year the Overlook Hotel made its return to the big screen in Mike Flanagan's adaptation of Stephen King's Doctor Sleep, and now Warner Bros. is teaming up with Bad Robot to bring the haunted hotel to life on the small screen, as the streaming service HBO Max has given a production commitment to Overlook, a new series inspired by Stephen King's The Shining.

According to the official press release (see below), Overlook is "inspired by and featuring iconic characters from Stephen King's masterpiece The Shining," and "explores the untold, terrifying stories of the most famous haunted hotel in American fiction."

The show reunites the Castle Rock team of J.J. Abrams and Katie McGrath’s Bad Robot, Stephen King, and Wbtv, which is fitting, because Overlook sounds like it could be in the same creative vein of the Castle Rock Hulu series, as it looks to expand upon...

HBO Max has handed out three production commitments to one-hour dramas from Bad Robot Productions, including one set in the “Justice League Dark” universe.

In addition, HBO Max and Bad Robot have teamed on the series “Overlook,” inspired by Stephen King’s “The Shining,” and “Duster,” an original drama co-written by Latoya Morgan and Bad Robot’s J.J. Abrams. All three shows will be executive produced by J.J. Abrams and Bad Robot’s head of television, Ben Stephenson. Rachel Rusch Rich, Bad Robot’s executive vice president of television, will serve as a co-executive producer. Warner Bros. Television will produce all three shows, while Warner Bros. International Television Distribution will be the global distributor for all three shows.

The three shows are the first television projects set up at HBO Max under Abrams’ and Bad Robot’s mega-deal with WarnerMedia that was unveiled in September 2019.

“What an amazing start...

Clive Owen is joining Julianne Moore in “Lisey’s Story,” the upcoming Apple+ limited series from Stephen King and J.J. Abrams.

Based on King’s best-selling novel from 2006, Apple gave the project an eight-episode order in April.

“Lisey’s Story” is a deeply personal thriller that follows Lisey (Moore) two years following the death of her husband. A series of events causes her to begin facing amazing realities about her husband that she had repressed and forgotten.

Owen is set to play Lisey’s husband, Scott Landon.

“Lisey’s Story” will be Moore’s first starring TV series gig. The actress previously starred on HBO’s film “Game Change” as former vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, and had a recurring role on “30 Rock.”

King, Moore and Abrams will executive produce alongside Bad Robot’s Ben Stephenson.

Clive Owen is the latest name to head over to Apple.

The actor will star alongside Julianne Moore in the tech giant’s “Lisey’s Story,” an eight-episode series based on Stephen King’s 2006 book of the same name.

Owen will play the role of Scott Landon, Lisey’s (Moore) husband. The series follows Lisey two years following Scott’s death, exploring the events that cause her to begin facing amazing realities about her husband that she had repressed and forgotten.

King will write all eight episodes of the series in addition to executive producing, marking one of the few times the iconic author has written for the screen. J.J. Abrams and Ben Stephenson of Bad Robot Productions will also executive produce. Warner Bros. Television is the studio behind the project.

The series marks Apple’s third project from Abrams and Bad Robot Productions, following straight-to-series orders for “Little Voice,...

For the next five years, J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot is going to be developing several TV, film, game, and digital content for Warner Media. The two just closed a megadeal with each other that will run through 2024 and I’m sure there are going to be a lot of cool and exciting projects to come out of the partnership.

From here on out Abrams and Bad Robot will now develop original theatrical film projects for the divisions of the Warner Bros. Pictures Group, including Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema.

Bad Robot will also continue working on TV projects on various platforms for the company “including dramas and comedies, long-form/event series, digital, and more, as the production company has developed material for Warner Bros. TV for many years.”

Bad Robots’ current series include Westworld, Lovecraft, Demimonde for WarnerMedia’s HBO, as well as They Both Die at the End.

It’s done! JJ Abrams and his Bad Robot have closed a five-year deal for him to keep his TV business and move his film business under the WarnerMedia umbrella. The wide-ranging pact, which runs through 2024, also includes games and digital content.

The JJ Abrams Sweepstakes started last fall, with a number of media congloms vying for his services in an all-encompassing deal expected to reach as much as $500 million. By June, WarnerMedia emerged as the frontrunner thanks largely to the shorthand Abrams had developed with the Warner Bros TV team over the past 13 years, and a massive financial commitment by parent WarnerMedia. It took a couple of more months to seal the deal, largely over intricacies involving ending Abrams’ Paramount Pictures movie pact. Under his exit agreement, Bad Robot will honor its existing Paramount obligations.

In addition to WarnerMedia, Abrams and his team had engaged with Apple, which emerged as a formidable contender,...

WarnerMedia has finalized its massive film and TV deal with J.J. Abrams and his Bad Robot production company.

The deal gives the media powerhouse exclusive rights to any film, TV show, video game and streaming content from Abrams’ Bad Robot outfit.

The wide-ranging agreement begins immediately — meaning that Abrams will exit his film deal with Paramount — and runs through at least 2024. Bad Robot will fulfill any existing obligations with Paramount, including the seventh “Mission Impossible” film and a potential fourth “Star Trek” film. Abrams is also directing and producing Disney’s upcoming “Star Wars” film, “The Rise of Skywalker.”

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“WarnerMedia and AT&T are delighted to launch a long-term collaboration with our world-class partners and colleagues J.J. Abrams and Katie McGrath. We are extremely excited about the potential to deliver remarkable and memorable stories and...

Pact expected to be worth up to $500m.

J.J. Abrams and his Bad Robot production company are reportedly finalising an extensive new film and TV production deal with WarnerMedia.

The deal, expected to be worth as much as $500m, would continue Bad Robot’s longstanding TV relationship with Warner Bros Television and move the company’s film deal from Paramount to Warner.

Multi-hyphenate Abrams has recently been in talks with a number of studios and streaming services about a new overall arrangement. Warner and Apple were thought to be closest to securing the prolific film- and TV-maker’s services,...

WarnerMedia is closing in on a deal with JJ Abrams‘ Bad Robot production company that could be worth as much as $500 million, according to Deadline.

The move would put Abrams’ film business, responsible for hits such as “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” and the three recent “Star Trek” films, under the WarnerMedia umbrella. It is unclear how many years would be covered by the new agreement. A WarnerMedia representative declined to comment.

Abrams has had a close relationship with WarnerMedia entities for quite some time. Abrams’ Bad Robot has been based at Warner Bros. TV for years and has produced several series for the company, including “Westworld,” “Lovecraft Country,” and “Demimonde,” all of which are on the HBO service. Abrams also is developing a series based on “They Both Die at the End” for the platform.

Deadline previously reported that WarnerMedia was competing with Apple to win a deal with Bad Robot.

JJ Abrams and his Bad Robot are in final talks for him to keep his TV business and move his film business under the WarnerMedia umbrella. There had been rampant speculation that he would end up there or with Apple, with WarnerMedia emerging as a frontrunner over the past couple of weeks as the shorthand he had developed with the Warner Bros TV gang, and a massive financial commitment has won the most coveted overall deal that had been in play. Expectations were that the deal would fall in the $500 million range.

Deadline reported earlier this month that it was down to WarnerMedia and Apple, with the traditional media company having the upper hand over tech giant, a comparative newcomer in the content creation game.

Abrams, of course, has the history at WarnerMedia as Bad Robot had been based at Warner Bros. TV for many years, delivering a string of series.

It doesn’t seem that any suitor is out of the game yet but there has been persistent chatter over the past few weeks that WarnerMedia and Apple may have emerged as frontrunners to land J.J. Abrams and his Bad Robot production company.

Over the past couple of months, Abrams and his team had engaged with the two companies, as well as Comcast/NBCUniversal and Sony, with talks slowing down after Abrams, along with 7,000 other WGA members, in April fired his agents at CAA in all areas except directing.

While the situation remains fluid and reps for Abrams denied comment, word is that WarnerMedia on the traditional media side and Apple on the tech side have emerged as strong possibilities, with some indications that WarnerMedia may have the edge over the Silicon Valley giant. However, as far as we know, none of four studios vying for Abrams’ services has been...

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Stephen King will adapt his own book for J.J. Abrams' TV version of Lisey's Story, starring Julianne Moore.

J.J. Abrams' production company Bad Robot is filling out its growing list of TV projects for Apple's forthcoming streaming service. The latest of these to take shape is Lisey's Story, an adaptation of Stephen King's 2006 novel.

Apple has ordered eight episodes of the romantic horror series and, in a surprising move, King is planning to pen all the episodes himself. Joining King as executive producers on Lisey's Story will be Abrams himself and Julianne Moore, who has also now been confirmed to lead the cast.

This will be the first major TV role for Moore since she got her start on daytime soap opera As the World Turns, although she did briefly appear as Sarah Palin in Game Change, HBO's film about John McCain's 2008 presidential election campaign,...

Project is Apple’s third project with Bad Robot; Stephen King to write series.

In its first series pick-up since unveiling its TV+ streaming service, Apple has given a straight-to-series order to Lisey’s Story, a Stephen King adaptation from J J Abrams’ Bad Robot with Julianne Moore starring.

All episodes of the eight-hour limited series will be personally written by King, based on his own 2006 psychological horror novel telling the dual stories of the widow of a famous novelist and the life of her dead husband as she remembers it. Two years after the writer’s death, the widow...

Julianne Moore is making her return to TV in a big way: The Oscar-winning actress will star in the Apple limited series Lisey’s Story, from super duo J.J. Abrams and Stephen King, TVLine has confirmed.

An adaptation of King’s 2006 horror-romance novel of the same name, the “deeply personal” thriller follows Lisey (Moore) two years after the death of her husband. The show explores a series of events that causes Lisey to begin facing amazing realities about her husband that she had repressed and forgotten.

In addition to exec-producing alongside Abrams, Moore and Ben Stephenson, King will also pen...

Apple has given a straight-to-series order to Lisey’s Story, an eight-hour limited series written and executive produced by Stephen King and starring Oscar winner Julianne Moore. The series hails from J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions and Warner Bros. Television. Moore also will executive produce.

King personally wrote every episode of the series, which is based on King’s bestselling novel of the same name.

Lisey’s Story is a deeply personal thriller that follows Lisey (Moore) two years after the death of her husband. A series of events causes Lisey to begin facing amazing realities about her husband that she had repressed and forgotten.

King and Moore will executive produce, alongside Abrams and Ben Stephenson.

Lisey’s Story marks Moore’s first series regular TV role. Moore has been nominated for five Oscars, winning for Still Alice. She will soon be seen in Julie Taymor’s Gloria Steinem biopic...

Apple has given a straight-to-series order to an adaptation of Stephen King’s “Lisey’s Story,” which will be written by King himself and will star Julianne Moore.

The series will be executive produced by J.J. Abrams, marking his third project with the tech giant. He also has “Little Voice” with Sara Bareilles and “My Glory Was I Had Such Friends” with Jennifer Garner. This also is the third collaboration between King and Abrams, who previously partnered on Hulu’s “11.22.63” and “Castle Rock.”

Apple gave the project an eight-episode order. King, Moore and Abrams will executive produce alongside Bad Robot’s Ben Stephenson.

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“Lisey’s Story” is a deeply personal thriller that follows Lisey (Moore) two years following the death of her husband. A series of events causes her to begin facing amazing realities about her husband that she had repressed and forgotten.

Julianne Moore has signed on to star in and executive produce the drama “Lisey’s Story” at Apple, Variety has confirmed.

Apple has given the project an eight-episode straight-to-series order. It is based on Stephen King’s 2006 book of the same name. King will write all eight episodes of the series in addition to executive producing, marking one of the few times the iconic author has written for the screen. J.J. Abrams and Ben Stephenson of Bad Robot Productions will also executive produce. Warner Bros. Television is the studio.

The series follows Lisey (Moore) two years following the death of her husband. The series explores a series of events that causes her to begin facing amazing realities about her husband that she had repressed and forgotten.

The series marks Apple’s third project from Abrams and Bad Robot Productions, following straight-to-series orders for “Little Voice,” executive produced by Sara Bareilles and Jessie Nelson,...

Apple on Monday unveiled plans for its long-anticipated streaming TV service.

“TV is more than just entertainment, it’s cultural,” Apple CEO Tim Cook said Monday at a presentation at the company’s headquarters in Cupertino, Calif. “TV at its best enriches our lives and we can share it with people we love.”

Cook announced that the new service for original television will be titled Apple TV+. He then handed off the presentation to original-video heads Jamie Erlicht and Zack Van Amburg. A video promoting the company’s new shows featured creators such as Steven Spielberg, J.J. Abrams, Sofia Coppola, M. Night Shyamalan, Ron Howard, Octavia Butler, Damien Chazelle, Jennifer Aniston, and Hailee Steinfeld.

Spielberg appeared onstage, receiving a standing ovation from the Apple home crowd. Spielberg touted the revival of his “Amazing Stories” anthology.

Anticipation for Apple’s streaming-video product has been steadily building since 2017, when the tech giant...

Monday is the coming-out party for Apple’s Hollywood ambitions: After years of trademark secrecy about its plans to stream into video entertainment, the tech giant is set to pull back the curtain at a media event.

The live program kicks off at 10 a.m. Pt / 1 p.m. Et, on Monday, March 25, from the Steve Jobs Theater at the tech giant’s campus in Cupertino, Calif. Apple is offering a free live stream of the big reveal at apple.com/apple-events/livestream.

In addition to Apple CEO Tim Cook, the company has invited stars of several of its original series to the event, who are expected to join execs in unveiling the first looks at clips of some of Apple’s projects.

Shows that Apple has announced to date include a Reese Witherspoon-Jennifer Aniston morning show drama; dramas “Little Voices” and “My Glory Was I Had Such Friends” from executive producer J.J. Abrams,...

A is for Apple… and A-list TV talent.

Apple is expected to announce the launch date of its forthcoming, yet-to-be-named streaming service on Monday, March 25 — but given the big names attached to its TV projects, the tech giant already has plenty of buzz.

Ahead of the company’s much-anticipated announcement, we’re here to refresh your memory of the nearly two dozen TV projects that Apple currently has in the works.

In the attached gallery, you’ll find 22 shows that are in various stages of development at the streaming service, many of which have already been ordered straight to series.

The day has nearly arrived for Apple to show the world whether there’s any fire behind the smoke of its streaming service.

Apple has kept a tight lid on most of the details of its upcoming service, even keeping its creative partners in the dark about how exactly their work will be distributed. What is undisputed, however, is that the tech giant with a nearly $1 trillion market cap has lined up a who’s who of high-profile talent to vault it into the increasingly crowded original-content arena.

Apple is set to unveil its plans for a launching of a revved up Apple TV offering aggregating channels and apps, its plan for original content and a subscription news service on Monday at the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, Calif.

The company’s active roster is focused on well-known IP and packages with big names in front of and behind the camera.

Company is expected to unveil its long-awaited streaming service in California on March 25.

Tech giant Apple is expected to unveil its long-awaited streaming service at an event held at its Cupertino campus in California on March 25.

The company sent out a cryptic note yesterday stating “it’s showtime”, a message widely read as indicating that it will be the launch of the SVoD platform, for which Apple has been investing heavily in content over the last year.

TV on the slate to date include a reboot of Terry Gilliam’s Time Bandits, of which Taika Waititi will direct a pilot,...

Given that Apple is renowned for blockbuster launch events as made famous by founder Steve Jobs, it should come as no surprise that the tech giant is pulling out all the stops for its long-awaited video service launch.

On March 25, Apple has invited top Hollywood stars with whom it is creating original programming -- including Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Garner, and Jj Abrams -- to attend the launch event for the forthcoming platform, Bloomberg reports. In addition to the video service, which will mark Apple's first major digital product launch since 2015, the company is also rumored to be taking the lid off a news subscription offering at the event as well.

Aniston and Witherspoon are starring in a still-untitled drama about a morning talk show, while Garner and Abrams (who previously worked together on Alias) are readying My Glory Was I Had Such Friends, a series based on the...

Apple, no stranger to hosting glitzy events to show off its latest products, is planning a star-studded event to unveil its streaming video plans. 

The talent and starts behind some of the tech giant's most high-profile upcoming projects are expected to appear at its March 25 event. Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon, who star in and executive produce the unnamed morning show drama, and Jennifer Garner and J.J. Abrams, who are re-teaming on My Glory Was I Had Such Friends, have received an invite to the event, sources familiar with the plan confirm to The Hollywood Reporter. 

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