Ahead of its premiere next month, Amazon Studios has debuted the first trailer for the upcoming Australian mystery drama mini-series Picnic at Hanging Rock. Based on Joan Lindsay’s 1967 novel of the same name, the series stars Natalie Dormer, Samara Weaving, Madeleine Madden, Lily Sullivan, Lola Bessis, Yael Stone, Anna McGahan, Sibylla Budd, Ruby Rees, and Inez Curro; watch it here…
“Natalie Dormer stars as Mrs. Hester Appleyard, the enigmatic headmistress of Appleyard College, a boarding school that she established for young ladies isolated in Australian bushland. Starring alongside Dormer as the three students who mysteriously vanish include Samara Weaving (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, The Babysitter) as Irma Leopold, a Rothschild heiress; Madeleine Madden (Tomorrow When The War Began, High Life) as Marion Quade, daughter of a high court Justice; and Lily Sullivan (Camp, Jungle) as Miranda Reid, the rebellious tomboy who grew up with four brothers on a cattle station. These girls have a strong bond and together resist the edicts of society.”
Picnic at Hanging Rock is set to premiere on May 25th on Amazon Prime.
Originally published April 12, 2018. Updated April 11, 2018.
