Two Teaser Trailers for Emily Blunt's Prime Video Western Drama Series THE ENGLISH
Prime Video debuted two teaser trailers for its upcoming Western drama series The English, starring Emily Blunt (A Quiet Place franchise, Sicario, Oppenheimer) and Chaske Spencer (Wild Indian, Echo). This looks like a great show! In it, Blunt plays an Englishwoman who travels to the American west in the 1800s, and the story follows her as she seeks revenge on the man she believes is responsible for the death of her son. It’s described as “an epic chase Western.”
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.”
It’s explained that “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 an investigation by the local sheriff Robert Marshall (Stephen Rea, The Shadow Line) and young widow Martha Myers (Valerie Pachner, A Hidden Life) into 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 English comes from award-winning writer and director Hugo Blick (The Honourable Woman, Black Earth Rising, The Shadow Line). It also stars Rafe Spall (The Salisbury Poisonings), Tom Hughes (A Discovery of Witches), Toby Jones (Marvellous), and Ciarán Hinds (The Terror).
The series will consist of six episodes and I’m totally on board! It looks great! BBC and Amazon will release The English series later this year.
The English is produced by Drama Republic Ltd and Eight Rooks Ltd. Blick 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) serves as a producer on The English. Global distribution is handled by All3Media International.