FX’s ‘Taboo’ Trailer: Tom Hardy Is A Very Dangerous Man To Know
Even though he’s quite the coveted movie star,Tom Hardyhad no problem taking his talents back to television with the fantastic drama seriesPeaky Blindersafter previously starring in small screen fare such asOliver TwistandMeadowlands. Now Hardy is back on the flickering box with a new series at FX calledTaboothat he executive produced himself along withRidley Scott, not to mention coming up with the original story along with his fatherChips HardyandLockewriterSteven Knight.
Check out the firstTabootrailer after the jump.
Danish directorKristoffer Nyholm, best known for directing the original Scandinavian version ofThe Killingbefore it was imported and adapted for American audiences on AMC and Netflix, is at the helm of this gritty series, and it looks positively outstanding. Hardy’s monologue in this trailer alone is enough to get me excited to see how this series turns out, not to mention the cast includingJonathan Pryceand character actorMichael Kelly.
In Taboo, Tom Hardy plays James Keziah Delaney, a rogue adventurer who returns to London in 1814 after spending 10 years in Africa, only to discover that he has been left a mysterious legacy by his father, who has been killed. Delaney refuses to sell his family’s business to the East India Company, and opts to build his own trading and shipping empire instead, which thrusts him into the middle of the War of 1812, between the U.S. and Britain. And it looks like there’s plenty of people who want him to fail.
The eight-episode series feels almost like aGangs of New Yorkseries set in London, but with an even more intriguing lead character for the audience to follow. Tom Hardy is like Daniel Day-Lewis and Leonardo DiCaprio’s character all rolled into one, and that’s fantastic.
Set in 1814,Taboofollows James Keziah Delaney, a man who has been to the ends of the earth and comes back irrevocably changed. Believed to be long dead, he returns home to London from Africa to inherit what is left of his father’s shipping empire and rebuild a life for himself. But his father’s legacy is a poisoned chalice, and with enemies lurking in every dark corner, James must navigate increasingly complex territories to avoid his own death sentence. Encircled by conspiracy, murder, and betrayal, a dark family mystery unfolds in a combustible tale of love and treachery.
The series doesn’t have a release date yet, but is expected to air sometime in2017.
