“The English’ Trailer: Emily Blunt Stars In An Epic Western Coming To Amazon Prime In November

Once upon a time, there was a stigma between film and television, and when you were a big movie star, you never dared appear in a lowly TV series, and if you were a TV star, crossing over into movie stardom was unheard of and barely ever happened unless your name was John Travolta or George Clooney. And yes, thanks to prestige TV and the Age of Streaming, those days are long gone. In fact, with the mid-sized movie all but evaporated on the big screen, adult dramas are mostly the domain of TV now, hence Emily Blunt starring in a new Amazon Series, “The English.”

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A Western six-part drama, “The English” stars Emily Blunt and Chaske Spencer on a classic journey/chase Western narrative with a violent, murder mystery twist in 1890s America. Alongside the two leads, “The English” also stars Stephen Rea, Valerie Pachner, Rafe Spall, Tom Hughes, Toby Jones, and Ciarán HindsA first look was recently revealed, and now the first trailer has arrived.

Here’s the official synopsis:

An epic chase Western, The English takes the core themes of identity and revenge to tell a uniquely compelling parable on race, power, and love. An aristocratic Englishwoman, Lady Cornelia Locke, and a Pawnee ex-cavalry scout, Eli Whipp, come together in 1890 mid-America to cross a violent landscape built on dreams and blood. Both of them have a clear sense of their destiny, but neither is aware that it is rooted in a shared past. They must face increasingly terrifying obstacles that will test them to their limits, physically and psychologically. But as each obstacle is overcome, it draws them closer to their ultimate destination—the new town of Hoxem, Wyoming. It is here, after an investigation by the local sheriff Robert Marshall and young widow Martha Myers into a series of bizarre and macabre unsolved murders, that the full extent of their intertwined history will be truly understood, and they will come face-to-face with the future they must live.

UK TV/film veteran Hugo Blick writes and directs all six episodes of “The English.” Blick’s previous TV shows include 2018’s “Black Earth Rising” and “The Honorable Woman.” He also serves as co-executive producer for the series with Blunt and Greg Brenman through Drama Republic.

“The English” arrives on Amazon Prime on November 11, following its U.K. premiere on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer. Watch the first trailer below.