Nocturne is an American crime drama television series created by Rowan Joffé and developed by John Hlavin who is also showrunner. The series is based on "Joona Linna" novel The Sandman by husband-and-wife team Alexander Ahndoril and Alexandra Coelho Ahndoril who use the pen name Lars Kepler. The series premiered on October 30, 2026.
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Premise
A former homicide detective relocates to a small Pennsylvania town, which comes under attack by an imprisoned serial killer.
Cast
Main
Liev Schreiber as Jonah Lynn, a former homicide detective
Zazie Beetz as Saga Bauer
Chrissy Metz as Ida Frost, the mother of Michael
Gary Carr as Nathan Pollack
Rory Culkin as Karl Anders, a nurse at Riverside Psychiatric Hospital
Poorna Jagannathan as Alexandra Quinn, a FBI special agent in charge
Landon Valentin as Michael Frost, a teen who went missing for three years who is suddenly found on the Butler Bridge
Bill Camp as Dave Ellison
Stephen Graham as Jurek Walter, a serial killer imprisoned in the basement of Riverside Psychiatric Hospital
Guest
Winsome Brown as Annie Fontaine
Production
It was announced in February 2023 that Apple TV+ was developing the series, initially titled Lazarus, with Tom Hardy and Zazie Beetz set to star in and executive produce the series. The series would be greenlit in May 2025, with Liev Schreiber and Stephen Graham joining the series, Graham replacing Hardy in his role. Bill Camp, Rory Culkin, Chrissy Metz, and Gary Carr would be added to the series regular cast in the following months, while Poorna Jagannathan joined the cast in a recurring role.
Filming on the series began in the summer of 2025 in Pittsburgh. Scenes were shot in New Kensington, Pennsylvania in November, with Parallax serving as its working title.
Release
The series, now titled Nocturne, was released on October 30, 2026.
Reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the series holds an approval rating of 83%, based on 18 reviews, with an average of rated reviews of 7/10. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 73 out of 100 based on 9 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.