by Alex Billington
April 10, 2024
Source: YouTube
"Why in this house of God do I smell secrets and fear?" "We have no secrets…" Hulu has unveiled an official trailer for their next epic streaming series titled Shardlake, arriving to watch at the start of May (including on Star worldwide). During the dissolution of the monasteries in the Tudor era, Matthew Shardlake is sent by Thomas Cromwell to investigate the death of a commissioner in a remote town of Scarnsea. Described as an "eerie whodunnit adventure" drenched in mystery, suspense, deception, directed by the same filmmaker of The Other Boleyn Girl and Tulip Fever. Set in 16th century England during the dissolutions, Shardlake is a four-part drama based on the first novel in C.J. Sansom's popular Tudor murder mystery series. Following lawyer Matthew Shardlake and Jack Barack as they work to uncover the truth behind a horrific murder. The two men are sent out on a mission by the dangerous & all-powerful right-hand man to Henry VIII: Thomas Cromwell, played by Sean Bean. The full cast includes Arthur Hughes & Anthony Boyle, with Babou Ceesay, Paul Kaye, Ruby Ashbourne Serkis, Peter Firth, Matthew Steer, and Kimberley Nixon. This looks like another true crime series but set back in old England. Bean probably won't last long, right?
Here's the first official trailer for Disney+ / Hulu's series Shardlake, direct from Hulu's YouTube:
A 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. The commissioner was gathering evidence 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 he is accompanied by cocky, good-looking Jack Barak and Shardlake is left unsure whether Barak is an assistant, or Cromwell's spy. At Scarnsea, 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 & maintain their order.
Shardlake is a series created and written by the British writer Stephen Butchard, writer of the TV series "Good Cop", "The Last Kingdom", and "Baghdad Central" most recently. With episodes directed by English filmmaker Justin Chadwick, director of The Other Boleyn Girl, The First Grader, Stolen, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, The Money, and Tulip Fever, plus the TV series "Next of Kin", "Tin Star", and "Becoming Elizabeth" most recently before this. Produced by John Griffin. Adapted from the book series written by C.J. Sansom. The project was commissioned by Lee Mason for Disney+. Executive produced by George Ormond and Mark Pybus for The Forge and Stevie Lee for Runaway Fridge, and Disney+'s Jonny Richards. Hulu will debut Shardlake streaming on Hulu / Star starting on May 1st, 2024 coming soon. Who wants to watch?