The series puts a modern spin on the life of 19th century poet Emily Dickinson. Image / Apple TV+
The series puts a modern spin on the life of 19th century poet Emily Dickinson. Image / Apple TV+
Well, this isn't the Emily Dickinson we're used to.
They told us it would be different, but we didn't quite believe it until today. Seeing is believing, right?
Apple TV+ has dropped the first teaser trailer for Dickinson, its Hailee Steinfeld-starring streaming series that reimagines the famous 19th century poet as a firebrand millennial.
There may be still be horse-drawn carriages, big skirts and tut-tutting adults in the form of Toby Huss and Jane Krakowski, but there are also young'uns behaving in a most impolite manner.
Dickinson is the fourth series the upcoming streaming service has released a trailer for. Image / Apple TV+
"She doesn't know to behave like a proper young lady," Mrs Dickinson opined.
"No, thanks," Emily retorts.
The trailer features I Like Tuh by Carnage and dub-stepping youths, so this is definitely not your English teacher's Emily Dickinson. It's like Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette, but for 2019.
Apple has described it as "audaciously exploring the constraints of society, gender and family from the perspective of rebellious young poet, Emily Dickinson" and called the character an "unexpected hero for our millennial era".
The series reimagines Emily Dickinson as a firebrand millennial. Image / AppleTV+
Emily Dickinson was a famous American poet who lived a reclusive life and often wrote about death. She published fewer than a dozen poems during her lifetime but her sister discovered her work posthumously.
Among her best-known verses are Wild nights — Wild nights! and Success is counted sweetest.
Cynthia Nixon played an older Dickinson in 2016 movie A Quiet Passion.
Created by Alena Smith (The Affair, The Newsroom), the 10-episode series also stars Anna Baryshnikov and Adrian Enscoe.
Hailee Steinfeld stars as the rebellious young poet. Image / AppleTV+
Dickinson is part of Apple TV+'s slate of forthcoming TV shows. It's the fourth series to release a trailer, the others being the Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon drama Morning Wars, Battlestar Galactica showrunner Ron D. Moore's space epic For All Mankind and an animated series, Snoopy in Space.
Apple has not yet revealed how much its streaming service will cost or when it's set to go live, only that it will be in spring.
There were rumours last week Apple TV+ would launch in November, but this has not been confirmed and would put its debut around the same time as Disney+, which will launch in New Zealand on November 19.
