The Assassin Trailer and Key Art Preview the Thriller Series
The AMC+ Exclusive series The Assassin is set to premiere in the U.S. on Thursday, November 20, with additional episodes dropping weekly on Thursdays. AMC+ shared the official trailer and key art for the series today.
The series is created, written, and executive-produced by Emmy, Golden Globe, and Critics Choice Award-winning brothers Harry and Jack Williams (Fleabag, The Tourist, The Missing).
The Assassin stars and is executive-produced by BAFTA Award-nominated Keeley Hawes (Bodyguard, Orphan Black: Echoes, Line of Duty) and Critics Choice Award-winning, Golden Globe, SAG-nominated Freddie Highmore (The Good Doctor, Bates Motel).
The six-episode series sees retired assassin Julie (Hawes) and her estranged son Edward (Highmore) forced to work together in a fight for survival, testing their dysfunctional relationship to its limits.
On an idyllic and beautifully remote Greek island, retired assassin Julie lives a solitary life. A hermit for the last 10 years to escape her dark past, her humble existence is interrupted when her son Edward arrives armed with questions about new information on his paternity.
Edward battles to find the right time to speak to his frustratingly distant mother, but she manages to avoid the conversation at all costs.
When the moment finally presents itself for Edward to confront her, things take a deadly turn, as Julie’s dangerous past finally catches up with her and they are forced to flee the island and go on the run together, testing their dysfunctional relationship to its limits.
The Assassin features a star-studded ensemble cast in Gina Gershon (Elsbeth) as Marie, Gerald Kyd (Hostage) as Luka, Shalom Brune-Franklin (The Girlfriend) as Kayla, Devon Terrell (Good Cop/Bad Cop) as Ezra, Alan Dale (Dynasty) as Aaron Cross, Richard Dormer (Gangs of London) as Damien, Jack Davenport (Elsbeth) as Sean, and David Dencik (Chernobyl) as Jasper.
In addition to Harry Williams, Jack Williams, Freddie Highmore, and Keeley Hawes, the executive producers also include Sarah Hammond, Alex Mercer, Daisy Mount, and Hamish Wright, who also wrote Episodes 2, 4, and 6.
Krissie Ducker wrote Episode 3, with Selina Lim writing Episode 5. Lisa Mulcahy and Daniel Nettheim directed the AMC+ series. The Assassin is a Two Brothers Pictures (an All3Media company) production for Prime Video UK, in association with All3Media International, ZDF, and Stan.
