Benedict Cumberbatch in 80s NYC + Puppets Series ‘Eric’ Full Trailer

Benedict Cumberbatch in 80s NYC + Puppets Series ‘Eric’ Full Trailer

by Alex Billington
May 2, 2024
Source: YouTube

“Don’t give up on him” Netflix has revealed the first official trailer for a very dark, emotional drama series titled Eric, the latest creation from award-winning British writer Abi Morgan (of Shame, The Iron Lady, Suffragette, “The Split”, “All About Marriage”). Set for a streaming debut on Netflix later in May. Vincent, a grief-stricken father whose son goes missing, finds solace through his friendship with Eric, the monster that lives under Edgar’s bed. It’s set in NYC in the 1980s and features “puppets…lots of puppets.” Netflix’s Eric mini-series stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Gaby Hoffmann, and McKinley Belcher III. It follows the desperate search of a father when his nine year old son disappears one morning on the way to school. “As Vincent’s progressively destructive behaviour 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 in the pursuit to bring his son home.” The cast also includes Dan Fogler and Clarke Peters. This looks dark and gritty and strange and emotional! Not an easy thing to pull off. It sort of reminds me of Where the Wild Things Are but in 80s NY.

Here’s the first official trailer (+ poster) for Abi Morgan’s series Eric, direct from Netflix’s YouTube:

“When I pitched the idea of a New York puppeteer on a quest to find his missing son, with a 7ft blue monster in tow, it’s to Netflix’s eternal credit that they jumped on board. Eric is a deep dive into the 1980’s Big Apple, grappling with rising crime rates, internal corruption, endemic racism, a forgotten underclass and the AIDS epidemic, exposing the divisions rife between parents searching for their child, a detective battling with a system that is broken, and a lost boy who may never come home, and asks where the real monsters lie. With puppets…lots of puppets.” –Creator Abi Morgan

Set in 1980s New York, Eric is a new emotional thriller from Abi Morgan following the desperate search of a father when his nine year old son disappears one morning on the way to school. Vincent (Cumberbatch), one of New York’s leading puppeteers and creator of the hugely popular children’s television show, ‘Good Day Sunshine,’ struggles to cope with the loss of his son, Edgar, becoming increasingly distressed and volatile. Full of self-loathing and guilt around Edgar’s disappearance, he clings to his son’s drawings of a blue monster puppet, Eric, convinced that if he can get Eric on TV then Edgar will come home. As Vincent’s progressively destructive behaviour 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 in the pursuit to bring his son home.

Eric is a series created and written by award-winning British writer / producer Abi Morgan, writer of the films Brick Lane, White Girl, Shame, The Iron Lady, The Invisible Woman, and Suffragette previously, plus the series “River”, “The Split”, and “All About Marriage” most recently. It’s written by Abi Morgan. With all episodes directed by Lucy Forbes (“John Bishop’s Britain”, “Bad Cramps”, “The End of the F***ing World”, “In My Skin”, “This Is Going to Hurt”). Produced by Holly Pullinger. Executive produced by Abi Morgan, Jane Featherstone, Lucy Dyke, Lucy Forbes, Benedict Cumberbatch. Filmed in Budapest and New York City. Netflix will debut Morgan’s Eric series streaming on Netflix starting on May 30th, 2024. Want to watch?

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