[03/08/22 - 09:33 AM] FX's True Crime Thriller "Under the Banner of Heaven" Premieres Thursday, April 28 Exclusively on Hulu The premiere will feature the first two episodes, with a new episode available in each of the following five weeks.
[via press release from FX]
FX's True Crime Thriller "Under the Banner of Heaven" Premieres Thursday, April 28 Exclusively on Hulu
Created by Academy Award-Winner Dustin Lance Black Who Serves as Executive Producer
Along with Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Anna Culp for Imagine Television
Seven Episode Limited Series Inspired by Under the Banner of Heaven,
The True Crime Bestseller by Jon Krakauer, is Produced by FX Productions
LOS ANGELES, March 8, 2022 - FX's Under the Banner of Heaven, the highly anticipated original limited series from Academy Award(R)-winner Dustin Lance Black starring Andrew Garfield and Daisy Edgar-Jones, will premiere on Thursday, April 28 exclusively on Hulu in the U.S. The limited series will soon be available on Star+ in Latin America and Disney+ under the Star banner in all other territories.
The premiere will feature the first two episodes, with a new episode available in each of the following five weeks. The first official teaser for FX's Under the Banner of Heaven is available now.
FX's Under the Banner of Heaven, the limited series inspired by the true crime bestseller by Jon Krakauer, follows the events that led to the 1984 murder of Brenda Wright Lafferty (Daisy Edgar-Jones) and her baby daughter in a suburb in the Salt Lake Valley, Utah.
As Detective Jeb Pyre (Andrew Garfield) investigates events that transpired within the Lafferty family, he uncovers buried truths about the origins of the LDS religion and the violent consequences of unyielding faith. What Pyre, a devout Mormon, unearths leads him to question his own faith.
The seven episode limited series also stars Sam Worthington, Denise Gough, Wyatt Russell, Billy Howle, Gil Birmingham, Adelaide Clemens, Rory Culkin, Seth Numrich, Chloe Pirrie and Sandra Seacat.
Under the Banner of Heaven is created by Academy Award-winner Dustin Lance Black, who also serves as showrunner and executive producer. Also serving as executive producers are Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Anna Culp for Imagine Television; Jason Bateman and Michael Costigan of Aggregate Films; David Mackenzie and Gillian Berrie. Under the Banner of Heaven is produced by FX Productions.
About FX
FX, a division of Disney General Entertainment, is a multiplatform brand that develops, produces, commissions and markets original programming for Hulu and the FX and FXX linear channels in the U.S., and Star+ in Latin America and Disney+ in all other international territories. The FX brand mark appears above the title across its entire slate of originals. Over the past two decades, FX has been responsible for some the most-critically acclaimed and award-winning shows on television. Some of the brand's current and legacy titles include the dramas American Horror Story, American Crime Story, The Americans, Damages, Fargo, Justified, Nip/Tuck, Pose, Rescue Me, The Shield and Sons of Anarchy; the comedies Archer, Atlanta, Better Things, DAVE, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Reservation Dogs and What We Do in the Shadows; and a growing slate of docuseries and documentary films.
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