TV - City on Fire

Inspired by the acclaimed novel of the same name by Garth Risk Hallberg watch the trailer for City on Fire, coming to Apple TV+ next month ...

Press Release

In City on Fire, an NYU student is shot in Central Park on the Fourth of July, 2003. Samantha is alone; there are no witnesses and very little physical evidence. Her friends’ band is playing at her favorite downtown club but she leaves to meet someone, promising to return. She never does. As the crime against Samantha is investigated, she’s revealed to be the crucial connection between a series of mysterious citywide fires, the downtown music scene, and a wealthy uptown real estate family fraying under the strain of the many secrets they keep.

A music-driven tale and family saga, City on Fire stars Chase Sui Wonders as Samantha and Wyatt Oleff as Charlie, a friend of Samantha's who is struggling to cope with the death of his father on 9/11 two years earlier. After Samantha is shot, he stops at nothing to unravel the mystery of what happened.

The ensemble cast also includes Jemima Kirke, Nico Tortorella, Ashley Zukerman, Xavier Clyde, Max Milner, Alexandra Doke, Omid Abtahi, Kathleen Munroe, John Cameron Mitchell, Geoff Pierson and Beth Malone. 

The upcoming, eight-episode mystery thriller is written by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage (Gossip Girl, The O.C.) who also serve as showrunners and executive producers under Fake Empire. Jesse Peretz directs four episodes and serves as executive producer. Fake Empire’s Lis Rowinski serves as co-executive producer.

The series will make its global premiere on Apple TV+ with the first three episodes on Friday, May 12th, followed by one new episode weekly through June 16th, 2023.