Yahoo Lifestyle Long Bright River: Peacock Thriller Touts Amanda Seyfried ‘Like You’ve Never Seen Her Before’ (First Look)
That’s Officer Seyfried to you. Peacock has announced a March 13 premiere date for Long Bright River, its Amanda Seyfried-led adaptation of novelist Liz Moore’s best-selling thriller. All eight episodes will drop at once.
Long Bright River tells the story of Philadelphia police officer Mickey Fitzpatrick (Seyfried), who patrols an area hit particularly hard by the opioid crisis. “When a series of murders begins in the neighborhood,” Peacock’s logline teases, “Mickey realizes that her personal history might be related to the case.”
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Showrunner and co-creator Nikki Toscano promises that viewers will experience Seyfried “like you’ve never seen her before — flawed and raw, tarred by guilt and shame and legacy, but never more compelling.”
She’s also excited about Long Bright River‘s efforts to “upend stereotypes” about multiple marginalized groups, including sex workers, people born into poverty and addiction, and even officers of the law. “What makes Long Bright River so unique as a series is that it aims to deconstruct the ‘police as savior’ narrative — a journey pulled through our protagonist,” Toscano explains.
Long Bright River also stars Nicholas Pinnock (For Life), Ashleigh Cummings (NOS4A2), Callum Vinson (Chucky), and John Doman (The Affair). Executive producers include Toscano, Moore, Seyfried, Neal H. Moritz, Pavun Shetty, Amanda Lewis, Amy Pascal, Russell Rothberg and Hagar Ben-Asher.
Keep scrolling for a batch of first-look photos from Long Bright River, then drop a comment with your thoughts below. Will you be watching?
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