#Matthew Rhys to Lead ‘Widow’s Bay’ Series at Apple

Apple TV+ is adding another Emmy winner to its talent roster.

Matthew Rhys has signed on to star in and executive produce a series titled Widow’s Bay at the streamer. The former Americans and Perry Mason star will play the mayor of a coastal New England town who refuses to believe his constituents’ warnings that the place is cursed.

Widow’s Bay comes from creator and showrunner Katie Dippold (The Heat, Haunted Mansion) and Apple Studios. Hiro Murai (Atlanta, Mr. & Mrs. Smith) is on board to direct the pilot and executive produce. Apple TV+ gave the show a series order in September 2024.

The news of Rhys’ casting follows that of Amy Adams in another Apple TV+ series, Cape Fear, earlier Tuesday.

Widow’s Bay is one of a few streaming series Rhys is committed to. He’s currently filming The Beast in Me, a limited series in which he stars with Claire Danes, for Netflix, and has the serial-killer drama Silent River at Prime Video (opposite John Krasinski) on deck as well and recently wrapped the BBC/BritBox mystery Towards Zero, based on an Agatha Christie novel. He is repped by CAA, Anonymous Content and United Agents.

Dippold, Murai and Rhys are executive producing Widow’s Bay along with Claudia Shin and Carver Karaszewski. Joanne Toll is co-EP.