'The Beast Must Die' Trailer: Jared Harris Stars In A Revenge Thriller For AMC+ Coming In July

AMC has a revenge thriller coming your way that could put AMC+ on the map. The series “The Beast Must Die” stars BAFTA Award-winning actor Jared Harris (“Chernobyl,” “Mad Men“) and Cush Jumbo (“The Good Wife,” “The Good Fight”) centers on a woman (Jumbo), who takes matters into her own hands when she learns the police investigation into the fatal hit and run of her young son has been dropped,

“The Beast Must Die” will premiere on Monday, July 5 on AMC+ and on Monday, July 12 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT on AMC. The remaining episodes will continue to debut on AMC+ one week ahead of their AMC linear airings on Mondays at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT.

Based on the novel by Nicholas Blake (pseudonym of Poet Laureate Cecil Day-Lewis) and shot on the stunning Isle of Wight, additional cast for “The Beast Must Die” includes Geraldine James (Downton Abbey, Back to Life), Nathaniel Parker (The Inspector Lynley Mysteries, The Outcast), Maeve Dermody (Marcella, Carnival Row), Douggie McMeekin (Chernobyl, Harlots), Mia Tomlinson (The Lost Pirate Kingdom), and Barney Sayburn.

Here’s the official synopsis:

After learning the police investigation into the fatal hit and run of her young son Martie has been dropped, Frances Cairnes (Jumbo) takes matters into her own hands. Posing as a novelist researching a new murder mystery, Frances ingratiates herself with the family of George Rattery (Harris), the man she suspects is responsible and sets a plan in action to kill him. She’s tracked by detective Nigel Strangeways (Billy Howle, The Serpent, MotherFatherSon), who has reason to believe his department covered up George’s involvement in the incident. Suffering from PTSD following the recent death of his partner, Strangeways throws himself into pursuing justice for Martie. But when he discovers an “undercover” Frances living with George and his family, Strangeways finds himself working to prove George’s guilt and head off Frances’s plans for revenge before anyone else dies.

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, and that wrath gets even worse with a grieving mama bear seething with anger about the loss of her son. Watch the first trailer for “The Beast Must Die” below.