Apple TV drops first trailer for Mackie and Dornan heist drama 12 12 12

Apple TV has released the first full trailer for 12 12 12, an eight-episode heist drama starring Anthony Mackie and Jamie Dornan. It will premiere on Friday, 13 November, as Deadline reported on 13 October.

The title is the format. Each episode plays out across three timelines: 12 months of planning, 12 hours to pull off the robbery, and 12 days trying to survive what follows. Apple TV bills it as “12 months to plan. 12 hours to execute. 12 days to make it out alive,” in its date announcement.

Mackie plays a disgraced FBI agent. Dornan plays an American career criminal. Their uneasy partnership centres on a raid on a bank vault beneath the streets of Zurich.

A heist drama, in plain terms, is a crime story built around one big job and the team assembled to do it. Here the job is the spine of the whole series. Planning, execution and fallout are cut against each other rather than told in order.

The wider ensemble includes Jack Kesy, Agathe Rousselle, Sallie Harmsen, José Garcia and Kali Reis. The series was created by Dudi Appleton and Jim Keeble, who also serve as executive producers, the senior team who guide a show creatively and manage its production.

Kari Skogland directs multiple episodes, including the pilot, the opening episode that sets the look and tone of a series. Skogland is also an executive producer. Mackie and Dornan hold that credit too, alongside their starring roles.

The show is produced by Paramount Television Studios and Anonymous Content for Apple TV. Apple TV first unveiled the project in August as a new heist drama led by its two stars, according to an Apple announcement. It followed that in September with a short date-announcement video confirming the November launch.

What makes this stand out is the tight maths. One vault. Three clocks. Eight episodes to connect them.

For viewers, that means a closed story engine. Every scene should answer one of three questions: how did they plan it, how does it play out on the night, and what does it cost them afterwards.