Hulu has dropped the official Shardlake trailer for its upcoming series adaptation of C.J. Sansom’s popular Tudor murder mystery novels about a hunchbacked lawyer/ detective named Matthew Shardlake.
The video features Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones vet Sean Bean starring in his newest period drama as he portrays the role of Thomas Cromwell, the dangerous and all-powerful right-hand man to Henry VIII. The series will be available for streaming on May 1.
Check out the Shardlake trailer below (watch more trailers):
What is Shardlake about?
“Drenched in mystery, suspense, and deception, this four-part drama is an eerie whodunnit adventure set in 16th century England during the dissolution of the monasteries. Shardlake’s sheltered life as a lawyer is turned upside down when Cromwell instructs him to investigate the murder of one of his commissioners at a monastery in the remote town of Scarnsea,” reads the synopsis. “The commissioner was gathering evidence to close the monastery, and it is now imperative for Cromwell’s own political survival that Shardlake both solves the murder and closes the monastery. He leaves Shardlake in no doubt that failure is not an option. Cromwell insists that he is accompanied by Jack Barak to Scarnsea, where the duo are met with hostility, suspicion and paranoia by the monks who fear for their future and will seemingly stop at nothing to preserve their order.”
Shardlake hails from writer Stephen Butchard and director Justin Chadwick. The series also stars Arthur Hughes as Matthew Shardlake, Anthony Boyle as Jack Barak, Babou Ceesay as Abbot Fabian, Paul Kaye as Brother Jerome, Ruby Ashbourne Serkis as Alice, Peter Firth as Norfolk, Matthew Steer as Goodhap, Brian Vernel as Brother Mortimus, Irfan Shamji as Brother Guy, David Pearse as Brother Edwig, Miles Barrow as Brother Gabriel, Mike Noble as Bugge and Kimberley Nixon as Joan. It is executive produced by George Ormond, Mark Pybus, Stevie Lee, and Jonny Richards, with John Griffin set as producer.
