Andrew Garfield has had a very busy year, but he hasn’t slowed down yet. In his upcoming mini-series Under the Banner of Heaventhere’s a new trailer on Tuesday, Garfield Play as a Utah detective who must balance faith and justice. The series will premiere on FX Network and Hulu on April 28.
Under the Banner of Heaven Based on the 2003 book of the same name by Jon Krakauer, tells the story of the true murder of Brenda Wright Lafferty and her infant daughter in Salt Lake City, Utah. Of course, the story is a lot more complicated, and involves many communities around and ultimately the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the state’s largest religious denomination by far. .
The miniseries tells the story through the eyes of Garfield, detective Jeb Pyre, a devout Mormon who begins to question his faith while pursuing a murder case.
Under the Banner of Heaven is a seven-episode limited series starring Garfield as well as Daisy Edgar-Jones (Normal person), Sam Worthington (Avatar), and Wyatt Russell (Everyone wants some). The series was created and written by Dustin Lance Black, who also wrote the series on HBO Big Love and the movie Milk.
