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UPFRONT 2017: TNT drops first trailer for "The Alienist"

The Alienist

TNT has released its first trailer for "The Alienist," the eagerly anticipated psychological thriller based on the Anthony Award-winning international bestseller by Caleb Carr. Set in 1896 amidst the vast wealth, extreme poverty and technological innovation of New York during the Gilded Age, "The Alienist" follows the hunt for a serial killer responsible for the gruesome murders of boy prostitutes. Daniel Brühl, Luke Evans, Dakota Fanning and Brian Geraghty star in the series.

The Alienist trailer

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TNT has released its first trailer for The Alienist, the eagerly anticipated psychological thriller based on the Anthony Award-winning international bestseller by Caleb Carr. Set in 1896 amidst the vast wealth, extreme poverty and technological innovation of New York during the Gilded Age, The Alienist follows the hunt for a serial killer responsible for the gruesome murders of boy prostitutes. Daniel Brühl (Rush), Luke Evans (The Girl on The Train), Dakota Fanning (American Pastoral) and Brian Geraghty (The Hurt Locker) star in the series.

Currently shooting in Budapest, Hungary, with BAFTA-nominated director Jakob Verbruggen (Black Mirror) at the helm, The Alienist also stars Douglas Smith (Miss Sloane), Matthew Shear (Mistress America), Matt Lintz (Pixels), Robert Wisdom (The Wire) and Q'orianka Kilcher (The New World). The series is a co-production of Paramount Television and Turner's Studio T, with Verbruggen, Emmy® winner Cary Fukunaga (True Detective), Academy Award® winner Eric Roth (Forrest Gump), Academy Award® nominee Hossein Amini (Drive), E. Max Frye (Foxcatcher) and Anonymous Content's Steve Golin and Rosalie Swedlin serving as executive producers and Marshall Persinger (Rectify) and Jamie Payne (The Driver) as co-executive producers.


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TNT
Carmen Davenporte-McNeal
404.575.9709
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Scott Radloff
818.729.7469
scott.radloff@turner.com

Paramount TV
Jessica Rovins
323.956.8265
Jessica_rovins@paramount.com