Los Angeles. A detective. A missing person. A mystery. THE Colin Farrell is the John Sugar.

The new ‘Sugar’ series is a modern interpretation of one of the most popular and important genres in literary, film and television history: the detective story.

Academy Award nominee Colin Farrell stars as John Sugar, an American private investigator investigating the mysterious disappearance of Olivia Siegel, the beloved granddaughter of legendary Hollywood producer Jonathan Siegel. As Sugar tries to determine what happened to Olivia, it will also unearth the Siegel family secrets. Some very recent, others long buried. Sugar is determined to clear the case against everyone and everything.

The director of the series is Fernando Meirelles. Screenwriter is Mark Protosevich. The series also stars Kirby (“The Sandman”), Amy Ryan (“The Wire”), Dennis Boutsikaris, Nate Corddry (“Mindhunter”), Alex Hernandez (“Invasion”) and James Cromwell (“Succession”), with guest stars Anna Gunn (“Breaking Bad”) and Sydney Chandler (“Don’t Worry Darling”).

Sugar premieres on April 5 on the Apple TV+ streaming platform.