📺 Calls (2021)
Based on TV series
Calls (2021) is the Apple TV+ English-language adaptation of Timothée Hochet's 2017 Canal+ French-language series 'Calls,' retaining the original's audio-only format in which each episode is presented as a single telephone conversation layered over abstract typography rather than live-action footage. Hochet is credited as executive producer on the Apple version, which re-records the original French scripts in English with a rotating Hollywood voice cast including Pedro Pascal, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Lily Collins, Aubrey Plaza, and Mark Strong. The series was renewed for a second season in 2024, drawing on additional source material from Hochet's ongoing French production.
'Calls' is a French television series created by Timothée Hochet for Canal+, premiering in 2017 and built almost entirely from audio-only dramatisation: each episode presents a single telephone conversation between two or more unseen characters, supported by on-screen typography and minimal graphic design rather than live-action footage. The Apple TV+ English-language remake 'Calls' (2021), executive produced by Hochet and produced by AMA, retained the audio-only format and the structural conceit of letting the listener's imagination fill in the visuals. Both versions drew on the same Hochet-developed source material, with the 2021 version re-recording the French scripts in English with new Hollywood casts.