It’s Cush Jumbo versus Jared Harris in this exclusive trailer for The Beast Must Die
AMC+ will stream the gritty British crime drama beginning July 5
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AMC+ is building out its programming slate with the upcoming drama The Beast Must Die, led by a duo of powerhouse performers: The Good Wife and The Good Fight’s Cush Jumbo and Chernobyl’s Jared Harris. The gritty British drama originally hails from BritBox, an ITV and BBC joint venture. In it, Jumbo plays Frances Cairns, a mother who mourns the loss of her child, who was killed in a hit-and-run. After the police investigation stalls, she decides to take matters in her own hands. Frances poses as a novelist researching a murder mystery and integrates herself into the family of the man she believes is responsible for her son’s death, Harris’ George Rattery. The A.V. Club is exclusively premiering the trailer for the AMC+ series.
As seen in the clip below, Frances seeks deadly vengeance against George, even if she doesn’t know how she’ll do it just yet. But clearly, George is sharp (and, apparently, pretty cruel), and figures out that she’s hiding a secret. It makes for an intriguing confrontation between the two characters, giving viewers the golden opportunity to see Jumbo and Harris face off against each other.
Frances is also tracked down by a detective with a fantastic last name, Nigel Strangeways (The Serpent’s Billy Howle), who has reason to believe his department covered up George’s involvement in the car accident. He suffers from PTSD after the recent death of his partner, so he throws himself into this case to help Frances and clear his guilt while ensuring no one else ends up dead. The show is based on the 1938 novel of the same name by Nicholas Blake. The cast also includes Geraldine James, Nathaniel Parker, Aasiya Shah, Maeve Dermody, Douggie McMeekin, Mia Tomlinson, and Barney Sayburn.
The six-episode first season of The Beast Must Die will be available beginning Monday, July 5 on AMC+, and Monday, July 12 at 10:00 p.m. ET on AMC, followed by new episodes every week. BritBox has already commissioned a second season centered on Howle’s Nigel Strangeways.
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Oh, oh, I’ve got this one:None. None chance.
It’s like, how much more no chance could there be? And it’s like, none. None more no chance.
Could there be any less chance!?
Here’s hoping this is the first AMC series where Harris emerges unscathed.
Shut up! Lane Pryce went to live on a farm upstate!
No, Lane realized the futility of capitalism, defected to the USSR, went back to school and became a leading nuclear scientist.
I liked him better back when he was the Napoleon of crime.
He turned to crime after he had a bad experience in the Royal Navy.
Will there be a Werewolf Break?
No werewolf, no sale.
I feel the same way.When I saw the title, my first thought was a remake of the 1974 movie.
What if we retooled the show as a celebrity antiques quiz?
Same thought here. I hope they at least keep the thirty second werewolf break.
Dare I say, every movie should have a werewolf break. When else would you have time to guess which characters might be werewolves?
So no werewolves, then?
Cush Jumbo is the greatest name ever. I just love saying it over and over. I have to say I’m really bummed to learn she’s leaving the Good Fight.
I mean, that’s clearly a cannabis strain
Nicholas Blake, the author of this quite good thriller, is the pen name of Cecil Day-Lewis, Daniel’s father, and the former poet laureate
Strangeways, I assume, comes from the old name of the British high-security prison, now just called Manchester Prison – which is, let’s face it, a shit name by comparison.
Well, it’s now named that; I suspect people still call it Strangeways.But yes, it’s the UK equivalent of calling your detective “Nick Alcatraz”.In other tangential facts: the name on the book might be “Nicholas Blake”, but it was actually written by C. Day-Lewis, the poet laureate (and Daniel’s dad).
I would watch the hell out of Nick Alcatraz.
I felt same thought.https://tuckeat.com/merchantview/chhotes-340
Fuck I love Jared Harris. One of the most underrated actors working today.