Grief has a way of changing people and, for Emmy and SAG Award-nomineeGiancarlo Espositoin this upcoming crime drama - it might not be for the better. AMC has releaseda teaser alongside first-look imagesofParish, a six-part crime thriller series premiering on the network in 2024.
Originally titledThe Driver, the trailer for the gangster drama series begins with a stern looking Gracian “Gray” Parish portrayed by Esposito, sitting behind the wheel of an automobile. Just as he takes a firm grip of the wheel, Parish says, “Over and over, people keep backing me into a corner, and it’s gotta stop.” Just as a clip of a mother and child, cuddled on a bed cuts in, Parish cuts in once more, “I’m tired of being a passenger in my own life.” Next, he punches down hard on the accelerator speeding through the streets as the music builds to a crescendo. Primed on fast-paced car chases and intense weapon fire,Parishis set to be a high-octane drama powered from behind a wheel and Esposito is ready for it.
The six-episode crime thriller, shot on-location in New Orleans, follows the story of Gracian Parish, “a family man and proud owner of a luxury car service in New Orleans. After his son is violently murdered and his business collapses, an encounter with an old friend from his days as a wheelman resurfaces old habits,” and as seen in the trailer, is “sending Gray on a high-stakes collision course with a violent criminal syndicate.” The upcoming series is based onthe 2014 hit U.K. seriesThe Driver, created byDanny BrocklehurstandJim PoyserstarringDavid Morrissey,Claudie BlakleyandIan Hunt.
A Stellar Cast Leads the Local ‘Parish’
AMC’sParish,when it premieres in 2024 will boast what can only be described as an incredibly stellar cast. This, in itself, bodes well for the series. The ensemble cast includesHarriet’sZackary Momohas New Orleans-based Zimbabwean gangster The Horse;Bonnie MbuliandIvan Mbakopwill star as Shamiso Tongai and Zenzo, The Horse’s protective older sister and brother respectively.Ray Donovan’sPaula Malcomsonwill star as Parish’s wife and the mother of his two children, Rose. Gray and Rose’s daughter Makayla is played byArica Himmel, withSkeet Ulrichas Colin, an old acquaintance of her father. The charming and intelligent face of industrial business in Louisiana, Anton is played byThe Handmaid’s Tale’sBradley Whitford. Anton’s secret crime activities, and his conflict with The Horse, soon puts the Zimbabwean gangster in Gray’s sights.
Parishpremieres on AMC and AMC+ in 2024. Check out the trailer below:
