First Trailer For Cary Fukunaga Produced TNT Series 'The Alienist' Starring Dakota Fanning, Daniel Brühl & Luke Evans

While we’ll always wonder what Cary Fukunaga would’ve done with Caleb Carr‘s excellent source material, we’re glad the director is still on board “The Alienist,” even if it’s just in a producer role. The author’s best-selling page-turner is now arriving as a limited series on TNT, and any concerns I might’ve had about the show shying away from the story’s more lurid elements have been abated.

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Daniel Brühl, Dakota Fanning, Luke Evans, and Brian Geraghty star in the 1890s-set drama that centers on the brilliant Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, who works with the mentally ill, and is summoned to help police capture a serial killer of young male prostitutes. The crimes are gruesome, and Kreizler assembles a team who will use the latest in psychology and forensic science to capture the killer. Here’s the official synopsis:

The Alienist is an upcoming American drama television series based on the novel of same name by Caleb Carr. The psychological thriller drama is set in 1896, when a series of gruesome murders of boy prostitutes has gripped the city. Newly appointed top cop Teddy Roosevelt calls upon Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, a criminal psychologist — aka alienist — and newspaper illustrator John Moore to conduct the investigation in secret. Joining them in the probe is Sara Howard, a headstrong secretary at Police Headquarters.

Jakob Verbruggen (“Black Mirror,” “House Of Cards“) helmed “The Alienist,” and the series is expected to arrive on TNT later this year.