J. K. Simmons joins Apple TV series ‘Beat the Reaper’

Oscar winner J. K. Simmons has joined the cast of the upcoming Apple TV crime thriller series ‘Beat the Reaper’. He will star alongside Will Poulter in the adaptation of Josh Bazell’s novel.

Simmons is set to play Dr. Friendly, an incompetent surgeon working at a Boston hospital. Poulter portrays Dr. Peter Brown, a talented medical intern with a dangerous secret. The plot follows Brown as he attempts to survive an eight-hour window while being pursued by government agents and mob hitmen after a patient recognizes him from his past.

The series is a production of Apple Studios and New Regency. Sam Catlin serves as showrunner and executive producer, while Tim Van Patten will direct the pilot episode and also act as an executive producer.