Andrew Garfield Investigates a Murder in ‘Under the Banner of Heaven’ Teaser
variety.comWilson Chapman editorAfter a huge 2021, Andrew Garfield looks to continue his hot streak with the first teaser for “Under the Banner of Heaven,” a new true crime miniseries premiering this spring on FX on Hulu.Based off of the 2003 nonfiction book from Jon Krakauer, “Under the Banner of Heaven” focuses on a double murder committed by Ron and Dan Lafferty, two Mormon brothers who killed their sister-in-law Brenda and niece Erica in 1984.
The brothers were former members of the School of Prophets, a small fundamentalist Mormon group, and Ron claimed he received visions from God ordering him to commit the murders.The miniseries adaptation of the book will focus on Pyre (Garfield), the police detective assigned to investigate the Lafferty case.
As he untangles the mystery and finds evidence linking the church to the crime, Pyre, a devout Mormon himself, undergoes an ugly crisis of faith.
The trailer sees the detective examining the crime scene, juxtaposed with scenes of a baptism and life in small-town Utah. “The evidence points to things and beliefs that I’ve only ever heard whisperings about,” Garfield narrates in the teaser. “I wonder how something so horrific could have come to pass.”This marks the first lead television role for Garfield, who has until now focused on film and theater.
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