Jon Krakauer’s bestselling true-crime novel provides the inspiration for FXs Under the Banner of Heaven, an upcoming limited series starring two-time Oscar nominee Andrew Garfield. The new two-minute official trailer finds Garfield’s character, Detective Jeb Pyre, rocked by the murders of a mother and her 15 month old child.
The limited series also stars Daisy Edgar-Jones (Normal People) as Brenda, Sam Worthington (Avatar) as Ron Lafferty, Denise Gough (the upcoming Rogue One prequel series) as Dianna Lafferty, and Billy Howle (The Serpent) as Allen Lafferty. Wyatt Russell (Lodge 49) is Dan Lafferty, Gil Birmingham (Yellowstone) is Bill Taba, Adelaide Clemens (Rectify) plays Rebecca Pyre, Rory Culkin (Halston) is Samuel Lafferty, and Seth Numrich (Turn) is Robin Lafferty.
Chloe Pirrie (Kindred) plays Matilda Lafferty, Sandra Seacat (Enlightened) is Josie Pyre, and Christopher Heyerdahl (Van Helsing) is Ammon Lafferty.
The seven-episode limited series will premiere on Hulu on April 28, 2022.
Oscar nominee Dustin Lance Black (Milk) created the series and serves as showrunner and executive producer. Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Anna Culp for Imagine Television; Jason Bateman and Michael Costigan of Aggregate Films; and David Mackenzie and Gillian Berrie also executive produce.
The Plot, Courtesy of FX:
FX’s Under the Banner of Heaven, the original limited series inspired by the true-crime bestseller by Jon Krakauer, follows the events that led to the 1984 murder of Brenda Wright Lafferty (Edgar-Jones) and her baby daughter in a suburb in the Salt Lake Valley, Utah.
As Detective Jeb Pyre (Garfield) investigates events that transpired within the Lafferty family, he uncovers buried truths about the origins of the LDS religion and the violent consequences of unyielding faith. What Pyre, a devout Mormon, unearths leads him to question his own faith.
