Richard Plepler is best known as the man who helped shape HBO into the prestige network it is today, and now he’s in final negotiations to bring those aptitudes to Apple.

Plepler is looking to sign an exclusive production slew at Apple that will see him grow “the kind of high-quality series he advocated as a top executive at HBO, including Game of Thrones, ” Deadline first reported. The Verge can confirm those items. Focusing on precisely a few campaigns centered around talented performers, novelists, and filmmakers is the same strategy that Plepler brought to HBO when he was appointed co-president in 2007. HBO under Plepler and co-president Michael Lombardo encountered the secrete of streaks like Game of Thrones, True Blood, Boardwalk Empire, and The…

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