Dope Thief Trailer: Brian Tyree Henry & Wagner Moura Are Robbers Playing Cops In Apple TV+ Thriller

With their place at the Streaming Giants table now firmly secured, Apple TV+ has kicked off 2025 with a bunch of cracking Season 2s. With January having brought us the irresistible twofer of Silo and Severance's second seasons, this week is set to see the return of psychological thriller Surface to our screens for its own blockbuster sophomore outing, too. But if you've been waiting for the year's first big all-new Apple Original offering to drop, then look no further than Dope Thief. Produced by Ridley Scott and created and written by The Town, Top Gun: Maverick, and The Batman co-writer Peter Craig, this gritty eight-part crime thriller sees Brian Tyree Henry and Wagner Moura star as two crooks whose grift — pretending to be DEA officers to rob small-time drug dealers — lands them in a whole (under)world of trouble when they pick the wrong mark. Check out the tense first trailer for the show below:

Adapted from Dennis Tafoya's eponymous bestseller, and boasting Scott's services as director on its first episode, Dope Thief's first trailer wastes no time showing the scope and ambition of the series ahead. In less than three minutes, we get to meet lifelong Philly pals Ray (Henry) and Manny (Moura), see their high-stakes hustle at play, and sample a flavour of the hell they — and their families — are set to find themselves in when they set about shaking down a house out in the sticks and wind up in over their heads with a huge narcotics enterprise. As well as setting up the show's killer premise, this first trailer also gives us a chance to see some of the show's stacked supporting roster — Ving Rhames, Marin Ireland, Amir Arison, Nesta Cooper — in action. By the looks of it, Ray and Harry's divided loyalties to one another and to their families will play a major role in the unfolding drama as the old pals' crooked chickens come home to roost, teeing up a nail biter that's primed to be intense on many levels.

Will Peter Craig's TV debut have us hooked? Or with all these talents assembled, might it find fall victim to getting high on its own supply? So far, the signs are looking good for another banger from everybody's favourite fruit-based streaming platform. We'll find out if our hunch is on point when our first hit of Dope Thief premieres on Apple TV+ on 14 March.