New Trailer for Netflix's Unique Procedural Anthology Series CRIMINAL with David Tennent and Haley Atwell
Netflix has shared a new trailer for their upcoming British procedural anthology series Criminal. What makes this series unique is the fact that it take place “exclusively within the confines of a police interview suite.” It is described as “a stripped-down, cat-and-mouse drama that will focus on the intense mental conflict between the police officer and the suspect in question.”
The series is set in France, Spain, Germany, and the U.K., and this trailer gives us our first real look at what’s in store. The series has a great cast that includes David Tennant (Doctor Who) who plays a man “charged with murdering his teen step-daughter. The interrogators’ challenge in this ‘Criminal: UK’ Ep. 1 will be to break down his ‘no comment’ inscrutability.” The series also stars Hayley Atwell (Agent Carter), who is seen in the trailer walking down a corridor as she prepares to be questioned by police.
The series was co-created by George Kay and Jim Field Smith, and they will serve as showrunners and executive producers. It’s also explained that the episodes will be in the local language of whichever country they are set in. Those episodes will also be written and directed by talent from their respective countries.
The U.K. episodes will be written by Kay with Field Smith directing. The France episodes will be written by Frederic Mermoud, Antonin Martin-Hilbert, and Mathieu Missoffe. Mermoud is also going to direct and co-executive produce those episodes.
The Germany episodes will be directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel with Bernd Lange writing and Sebastian Heeg co-writing. Then there are the Spain episodes, which will see Alejandro Hernández and Manuel Martín Cuenca write and Mariano Barroso direct.
Check out the teaser below and let us know if you’ll be watching. Criminal will air on Netflix on September 20th.