Prime Video has released the official trailer for the upcoming The English series, the Western drama starring Emily Blunt (A Quiet Place franchise, Sicario, Oppenheimer) and Chaske Spencer (Wild Indian, Echo).
All six episodes of the limited series will premiere on November 11 exclusively on Prime Video in the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the Nordics, following its November 10 UK premiere on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer.
Additionally, The English series will make its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival on Saturday, October 15, as part of its series special presentation.
The series is a co-production with Amazon Studios and BBC in association with All3Media International, which handles international sales.
The English is an epic chase Western from award-winning writer and director Hugo Blick (The Honourable Woman, Black Earth Rising, The Shadow Line). The series takes the core themes of identity and revenge to tell a uniquely compelling parable on race, power, and love.
An aristocratic Englishwoman, Lady Cornelia Locke (Blunt), and a Pawnee ex-cavalry scout, Eli Whipp (Spencer), come together in 1890 middle America to cross a violent landscape built on dreams and blood. Both of them have a clear sense of their destiny, but neither is aware that it is rooted in a shared past.
They must face increasingly terrifying obstacles that will test them to their limits, physically and psychologically. But as each obstacle is overcome, it draws them closer to their ultimate destination—the new town of Hoxem, Wyoming.
It is here after the local sheriff Robert Marshall (Stephen Rea, The Shadow Line) and young widow Martha Myers (Valerie Pachner, A Hidden Life) investigate a series of bizarre and macabre unsolved murders that the full extent of their intertwined history will be truly understood, and they will come face-to-face with the future they must live.
The series’ ensemble cast includes Rafe Spall (The Salisbury Poisonings), Tom Hughes (A Discovery of Witches), Toby Jones (Marvellous), and Ciarán Hinds (The Terror).
The English series is produced by Drama Republic Ltd, a Mediawan company, and Eight Rooks Ltd.
Hugo Blick created the series and serves as an executive producer, director, and writer. Emily Blunt also serves as executive producer alongside Greg Brenman (Peaky Blinders, The Honourable Woman) for Drama Republic.
Colin Wratten (Killing Eve) produces The English. All3Media International handles global distribution.
Mirko Parlevliet has been reporting on the entertainment industry since 1998 and founded Vital Thrills in 2018 to cover the latest news on streaming, movies, TV, and video games.