Under the Banner of Heaven Teaser Hints at Unsettling Mystery

Hulu’s Under the Banner of Heaven Teaser Hints at Unsettling Mystery

FX released a brand-new look at its upcoming limited series Under the Banner of Heaven, starring Andrew Garfield. It doesn’t have an exact release date, as FX only stated it is “coming soon” to Hulu.

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The series — which is based on Jon Krakauer’s New York Times best-selling crime drama novel — stars Oscar nominee Andrew Garfield and Golden Globe nominee Daisy Edgar-Jones, and comes from Oscar-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, who is serving as executive producer alongside Ron Howard and Brian Grazer.

The teaser hints at some of the many mysteries Garfield’s detective character will have to unravel as he tries to solve a double murder while also investigating what seems to be some very secretive, religious folks.

Check out the teaser for Under the Banner of Heaven below:

https://youtu.be/2qLacLTnifI

 

Under the Banner of Heaven follows a devout detective whose faith is tested as he investigates a brutal murder that seems to be connected to an esteemed Utah family’s spiral into LDS fundamentalism and their distrust in the government. Garfield is set to portray the role of Pyre, an LDS elder who is committed to his Church and family but begins to question some of the Church’s teachings through his contact with a suspected murderer. While, Edgar-Jones will Brenda, a young faithful Mormon who is the victim of a brutal murder.

Pick up a copy of the novel here

The limited series is created and executive produced by Dustin Lance Black. This project will also be the acclaimed scribe’s return to scripted television after four years since 2017’s docudrama miniseries When We Rise.

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Under the Banner of Heaven is an FX Productions show and will be executive produced by Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Samie Kim Falvey, and Anna Culp for Imagine Television; Jason Bateman, Michael Costigan of Aggregate Films; David Mackenzie, who will serve as director; and Gillian Berrie.

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