“Eric” Starring Benedict Cumberbatch Date Announcement [GALLERY]

This emotional crime drama follows the desperate search of a father when his nine-year-old son disappears one morning on the way to school. Coming 30 May.

ERIC Starring Benedict Cumberbatch premieres globally on Netflix on May 30, 2024

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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 behavior 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.

Series Credits

Episodes: 6

Production Company: Sister

Creator/Writer: Abi Morgan

Executive Producers: Abi Morgan, Jane Featherstone, Lucy Dyke, Lucy Forbes, Benedict Cumberbatch

Director: Lucy Forbes

Producer: Holly Pullinger

Filmed in: Budapest and New York

Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Gaby Hoffman, McKinley Belcher III, Dan Fogler, Clarke Peters

www.netflix.com/ERIC