{"id":195358,"date":"2025-12-16T21:32:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T21:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/195358\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T21:32:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T21:32:08","slug":"matthew-rhys-is-mayor-of-a-cursed-island-in-widows-bay-first-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/195358\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew Rhys is mayor of a cursed island in Widow’s Bay first look"},"content":{"rendered":"

Matthew Rhys has to be among the busiest men of the streaming age. 2025 alone has brought The Beast In Me<\/a>, the narration of The American Revolution<\/a>, and the limited series Towards Zero<\/a>, and he has at least as many projects still coming up. One of those is Widow\u2019s Bay, which Apple TV shared a first look of this morning.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In the new series, Rhys will play Tom Loftis, the mayor of the small island town Widow\u2019s Bay, located 40 miles off the coast of New England. Tom is \u201cdesperate to revive his struggling community,\u201d per a plot synopsis. \u201cThere\u2019s no wifi, spotty cellular reception, and he must contend with superstitious locals who believe their island is cursed.\u00a0 He wants these people to respect him.\u00a0 They don\u2019t.\u00a0 They think he is soft and cowardly.\u00a0 And he is. But Loftis is determined to build a better future for his teenage son and turn the island into a tourist destination.\u00a0 Miraculously, he succeeds: tourists are finally coming. Unfortunately, the locals were right.\u00a0 After decades of calm, the old stories that seemed too ludicrous to be true start happening again.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

The series is described as a blend of horror and comedy, and includes Kate O\u2019Flynn, Stephen Root, Kingston Rumi Southwick, Kevin Caroll and Dale Dickey among its ensemble cast. The show was created by Katie Dippold (2016\u2019s Ghostbusters, The Heat) and includes Hiro Murai (Atlanta), Ti West (X), Sam Donovan (Severance), and Andrew DeYoung (The Chair Company) among its directors.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The first three episodes of Widow\u2019s Bay premiere on Apple TV on April 29; the rest of the season will run weekly after that. You can check out a first look image and teaser for the new series below.<\/p>\n

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