A bank vault buried deep under the streets of Zurich is the prize in “12 12 12,” Apple TV’s new heist drama, which pits Anthony Mackie against Jamie Dornan and premieres worldwide on Friday, November 13.
Mackie plays a disgraced FBI agent. Dornan plays an American career criminal. Apple describes their duel as a zero-sum game of cat and mouse played out across Europe, and both stars also serve as executive producers.
Three clocks in every episode
The title is the hook. Each of the eight episodes cuts between three timelines of the same robbery:
- 12 months of planning before the job.
- 12 hours of the heist itself.
- 12 days of fallout after it.
Juggling three timelines at once is a bold choice for a caper show. Most heist stories build toward the break-in and stop shortly after. Here viewers will see the consequences unspool alongside the setup, so every clue planted in the planning months can pay off, or blow up, in the aftermath episodes running beside it.
The release schedule
Apple TV drops the first two episodes on November 13, then one new episode every Friday. Counting it out, that means episodes 3 to 8 land on November 20 and 27 and December 4, 11, 18 and 25, so the finale arrives on Christmas Day.
Who made it
The series was created by Dudi Appleton and Jim Keeble, who also executive produce. Kari Skogland, the Emmy-nominated, BAFTA-winning filmmaker who previously directed Mackie in Marvel’s “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier,” directs several episodes, including the pilot, and is an executive producer too. Mackie produces through his Make It With Gravy banner. Paramount Television Studios and Anonymous Content produce.
The ensemble around the two leads includes Jack Kesy, Agathe Rousselle, Sallie Harmsen, José Garcia and Emmy nominee Kali Reis.
A busy season for Dornan
The Northern Irish actor has a crowded slate. He recently said he had finished filming The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum as Strider, so “12 12 12” puts him on screen as a criminal mastermind while he waits to appear as a ranger in Middle-earth.
Apple has also loaded its fall calendar with returning comedy, including Owen Wilson’s golf series Stick season 2, and family fare like the Fraggle Rock holiday special arriving December 4. “12 12 12” is the streamer’s grown-up thriller in the same window, aimed at viewers who like their Fridays tense.
How to watch
The show streams only on Apple TV, which costs $14.99 a month in the US with a seven-day free trial for new subscribers, according to Apple. The service runs on the Apple TV app in more than 100 countries and regions, on Apple devices, many smart TVs, game consoles and streaming sticks.
Apple released the official trailer on October 13. Episodes 1 and 2 go live globally on November 13, with the eighth and final hour set for December 25, 2026.
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