FX has released a new trailer and poster for the upcoming adaptation of Jon Krakauer’s bestselling novel Under the Banner of Heaven. The limited crime drama series star Andrew Garfield as Pyre, a detective and LDS elder who finds his faith tested and begins to question his church’s teachings when investigating a brutal murder; take a look here…
Under the Banner of Heaven is a limited series inspired by Jon Krakauer’s true crime bestseller of the same name. A devout detective’s faith is tested as he investigates a brutal murder that seems to be connected to an esteemed Utah family’s spiral into LDS fundamentalism and their distrust in the government. Andrew Garfield will star as “Pyre,” an LDS elder who is committed to his Church and family but begins to question some of the Church’s teachings through his contact with a suspected murderer.
Joining Andrew Garfield in the cast of Under the Banner of Heaven are Daisy Edgar-Jones, Sam Worthington, Wyatt Russell, Denise Gough, Billy Howle, Gil Birmingham, Adelaide Clemens, Rory Culkin, and Taylor St. Pierre.
Under the Banner of Heaven premieres on Hulu on April 28th.
