Disney Plus has just released the first-look trailer for murder mystery, Shardlake starring Sean Bean, based on the best-selling novels by CJ Sansom.
Bean will be playing Thomas Cromwell in the new series, who’s described as the “dangerous and all-powerful right-hand man to Henry VIII”. Cromwell is the boss of the main character Matthew Shardlake played by Arthur Hughes. Shardlake is a lawyer “with an acute sense of justice” in a world filled with schemes and plots.
The series is set in 16th-century Tudor England during the dissolution of the monasteries. Lawyer Shardlake leads a quiet life, but all that changes when Bean’s character “Cromwell instructs him to investigate the murder of one of his commissioners at a monastery in the remote town of Scarnsea”.
The trailer shows Boyle and Hughes trying their best to investigate the murder whilst dealing with obstacles put in their best. Obviously with a dash of romance added in for good measure.
Flashing on the screen are the words “God knows who did it,” as the trailer comes to an end. The synopsis reads: “Arthur Hughes plays Matthew Shardlake, a lawyer with an acute sense of justice and one of the few honest men in a world beset with scheming and plots.
“Shardlake works for Thomas Cromwell, played by Sean Bean, the dangerous and all-powerful right-hand man to Henry VIII. Despite Shardlake’s unwavering loyalty to Cromwell and the Crown, his position in society is unfavoured due to his appearance, as a person living with scoliosis during the Tudor period, suffering the indignity of being abused as a ‘crookback’ wherever he turns.
“Anthony Boyle plays the cocky and good-looking Jack Barak, who leaves Shardlake unsure of whether he is an assistant, or Cromwell’s spy.”
Other actors featuring in the series are Ruby Ashbourne Serkis as Alice, Paul Kaye as Brother Jerome, Babou Ceesay as Abbot Fabian, Peter Firth as Norfolk, Matthew Steer as Goodhap and Brian Vernel as Brother Mortimus.
Watch the trailer for Disney Plus ‘Shardlake’ below:
The seris is yet to have a release date, but will be featured on Disney Plus.
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