Benedict Cumberbatch Is a Puppeteer Searching for His Son in Trailer for Netflix's Crime Thriller Series ERIC
Netflix has released a trailer for the upcoming Benedict Cumberbatch thriller series Eric. This looks like it tells a unique story as Cumberbatch plays a puppeteer who is searching for his missing son, and in the process, he builds and befriends a "monster" created by his son.
Eric looks like a great show that has a very different kind of story and tone for a crime thriller. After watching this trailer, I’m looking forward to this show!
The series is set in the '70s and follows Vincent, “a New York City-based puppeteer who's being pressured by the producers of his children's TV show Good Day Sunshine to boost its declining ratings.
“His teammates start encouraging him to think up a new character, and some fresh material that'll appeal to older viewers, but hot-headed Vincent isn't so keen to implement the changes.
“Seeing his father's struggle, Vincent's nine-year-old son, Edgar (Ivan Morris Howe), takes it upon himself to draw up a new puppet – a fuzzy creature with horns, a pink nose, and blue and white fur named Eric.
“When Edgar mysteriously disappears one day, an increasingly volatile Vincent starts to lose his grip on reality and becomes convinced that if he debuts Eric, who he can now see and speak to, on the show, the lost kid will come home.
“As Vincent's progressively destructive behavior alienates his family, his work colleagues, and the detectives trying to help him, it's Eric, a delusion of necessity, who becomes his only ally.”
The series was created by Abi Morgan (The Iron Lady and Shame) and it also stars Ozark's McKinley Belcher III, The Walking Dead's Dan Fogler, and Transparent's Gaby Hoffmann.
The series premieres on Netflix on May 30.