Paramount+ Drops First Intense Trailer for Prequel Series Sexy Beast

Paramount+ has released the first trailer for prequel series Sexy Beast. The trailer, which features action-packed explosions and a distinctly dark humor, showcases a return to the world of the 2000 film of the same name.

According to a press release, “James McArdle is Gal Dove, and Emun Elliott is Don Logan—the duo are best friends and small-town thieves, living the good life in ‘90s East London. Sarah Greene is Deedee Harrison, a captivating adult film star whose ambitions to control her own personal destiny and her love affair with Gal Dove put her in danger. Stephen Moyer is Teddy Bass, a treacherous, rising name in the gangster world, who seduces Gal and Don into his criminal web, and Tamsin Greig is Don’s pathologically controlling and formidable older sister Cecilia.”

Spinning out from the film of the same name, directed by The Zone of Interest‘s Jonathan Glazer (who is seemingly not involved with this project), the trailer showcases intense action juxtaposed by numerous comedic beats. Featuring glimpses of wild nights and bloody battles, the trailer is soundtracked by a killer remix of Frankie Goes to Hollywood’s “Relax.” The series is set to run eight episodes, and sees the return of original screenwriters David Scinto and Louis Mellis as executive producers.

Alongside McArdle, Elliott, Greene, Moyer, and Greig, Sexy Beast also stars Eliza Bennett, Clea Martin, Nicholas Nunn, Peter Ferdinando, John Dagleish, Robbie Gee, Paul Kaye, Lex Shrapnel, Cally Lawrence, David Kennedy, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Ralph Brown, Nitin Ganatra, and Alice Bailey Johnson. And joining Scinto and Mellis as executive producers are Michael Caleo, Nicole Clemens, Antony Smith, Michael Scheel, JC Acosta, Alastair Galbraith, and David Caffrey.

Watch the trailer below; Sexy Beast premieres January 25th on Paramount+.

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