The Afterparty: 10 Things To Know About The Show

The Afterparty is an American TV series that premiered on Apple TV+ in January 2022. The show features a high school reunion as the ground zero for a murder.

The Afterparty premiered on January 28, 2022 on Apple TV+ and soon became popular among the audience. The series got a great rating on movies and show rating platforms and was even renewed for a second season because of its popularity. It starred Tiffany Haddish, Sam Richardson, Dane Franco and Zoe Chao in pivotal roles. Here are 10 things that you should definitely know about this popular murder mystery.

10 Things To Know About The American Show The Afterparty

1. The show is created and directed by Christopher Miller, famous for producing Spider Man: Into The Spider Verse. Christopher is also the executive producer along with Phil Lord and Anthony King.
2. The cast of the show includes Dave Franco as Xavier, pop star and actor and the one who is murdered, Sam Richardson as Aniq, the prime suspect, Zoe Chao, Ike Barinholtz, Ben Schwartz, Ilana Glazer and Jamie Demetriou as Zoe, Brett, Yasper, Chelsea and Walt as the former students of the high school present at the reunion.
3. The show also had the guest appearance of American actors Channing Tatum and Will Forte as themselves who played co-stars of Xavier who was an actor.
4. The music score for the series is given by composer Daniel Pemberton. The show also released a separate album titled R.I.P Xavier on February 1, 2022 that had four songs performed by Xavier.
5. Season one of the show consisted of 8 episodes and 7 out of 8 episodes' were titled on the name of the character whose perspective was shown in the episode. The eighth was titled 'High School'.
6. Miller first came up with the concept of the show back in 2010 and from start, he wanted it to be a murder mystery from the point of view of the various witness. The high school reunion plot was added after he attended a reunion and thought it was unique.
7. Miller wanted the concept to be made into a feature film but due to his prior commitments, the movie was dropped. In June 2022, Apple TV+ decided to release it as a series.
8. After the first season of the series was aired, Ben Schwartz, who plays Yasper, revealed that he was initially told that he would be the murderer and he kept it a secret from his fellow cast members until the table read.
9. The shooting for the show began in November 2021 the trailer was released on December 14, 2021. The show got a positive response and good ratings from the critics and audience.
10. On March 2, 2022, the show was renewed for a season 2 and reportedly, it will keep Tiffany Haddish as Detective Danner and tell a new story.

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