The new thriller series ‘Eric’ featuring a score by Keefus Ciancia premieres on Netflix Thursday 30th May. The series stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Gaby Hoffmann and McKinley Belcher III and is written by Abi Morgan (The Hour, The Iron Lady, The Split) and directed by Lucy Forbes (This Is Going To Hurt, The End of the F***ing World).
‘Set in 1980s New York, Eric is a new emotional thriller from Abi Morgan following the desperate search of a father when his nine year old son disappears one morning on the way to school. Vincent, one of New York’s leading puppeteers and creator of the hugely popular children’s television show, ‘Good Day Sunshine,’ struggles to cope with the loss of his son, Edgar, becoming increasingly distressed and volatile. Full of self-loathing and guilt around Edgar’s disappearance, he clings to his son’s drawings of a blue monster puppet, ERIC, convinced that if he can get ERIC on TV then Edgar will come home. As Vincent’s progressively destructive behaviour alienates his family, his work colleagues, and the detectives trying to help him, it’s Eric, a delusion of necessity, who becomes his only ally in the pursuit to bring his son home.’
Watch the trailer for ‘Eric’ below.