{"id":24433,"date":"2026-02-20T11:56:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T16:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/apple-tv-sets-march-premiere-for-the-hunt\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T16:44:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T21:44:01","slug":"apple-tv-sets-march-premiere-for-the-hunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/apple-tv-sets-march-premiere-for-the-hunt\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple TV Sets March Premiere for The Hunt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple TV has slated the debut of<em> The Hunt<\/em> for March 4, after its initial premiere date of December 3 was delayed due to its marketing as an original despite its similarities to Douglas Fairbairn\u2019s 1973 novel <em>Shoot<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Gaumont, producer of the series, has since made deals with the rights holders of the 1973 novel and 1976 film adaptation to obtain the required authorization and provide accurate credits. Now, the six-episode series will debut on Apple TV on March 4, with one new episode each Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>In <em>The Hunt<\/em>, Franck and his longtime friends enjoy spending their weekends hunting together, but one Sunday, they come across another group of hunters who start targeting them without explanation. When one of their party is shot, Franck\u2019s friends strike back, sending an attacker to the ground. Barely managing to escape, the four friends keep the event a secret. Franck tries to go back to his life as usual, but in the next few days, he starts to feel like he and his friends are being watched, or worse, tracked by hunters who are now hell-bent on revenge.<\/p>\n<p>The series stars Beno\u00eet Magimel, M\u00e9lanie Laurent, Damien Bonnard, Manuel Guillot, C\u00e9dric Appietto and Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Maranber.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple TV has slated the debut of The Hunt for March 4, after its initial premiere date of December 3 was delayed due to its marketing as an original despite its similarities to Douglas Fairbairn\u2019s 1973 novel Shoot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":24437,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[3360,1730,9819],"class_list":["post-24433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-apple-tv","tag-gaumont","tag-the-hunt","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Apple TV Sets March Premiere for The Hunt - TVDRAMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/apple-tv-sets-march-premiere-for-the-hunt\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Apple TV Sets March Premiere for The Hunt - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Apple TV has slated the debut of The Hunt for March 4, after its initial premiere date of December 3 was delayed due to its marketing as an original despite its similarities to Douglas Fairbairn\u2019s 1973 novel Shoot.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/apple-tv-sets-march-premiere-for-the-hunt\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-20T16:56:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-20T21:44:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/02\/AppleTV-TheHunt-0226.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"394\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/apple-tv-sets-march-premiere-for-the-hunt\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/apple-tv-sets-march-premiere-for-the-hunt\/\",\"name\":\"Apple TV Sets March Premiere for The Hunt - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-20T16:56:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-20T21:44:01+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/apple-tv-sets-march-premiere-for-the-hunt\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/apple-tv-sets-march-premiere-for-the-hunt\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/apple-tv-sets-march-premiere-for-the-hunt\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Apple TV Sets March Premiere for The Hunt\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\",\"name\":\"TVDRAMA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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