Apple TV+ has released a trailer of late actor Ray Liotta’s last series Black Bird. The six-episode series is created by acclaimed crime novelist Dennis Lehane, the author of Gone Baby Gone, Mystic River, and Shutter Island.
The series is adapted from the memoir In with the Devil: A Fallen Hero, A Serial Killer, and A Dangerous Bargain for Redemption by James Keene and Hillel Levin. The first three episodes are directed by Belgian filmmaker Michael R. Roskam, who was an Academy Award nominee for his film Bullhead. He also serves as executive producer alongside Dennis Lehane.
The limited series has an exciting ensemble cast including Kingsman: The Secret Service and Rocketman star Taron Egerton. I, Tonya and BlacKkKlansman star Paul Walter Hauser, Greg Kinnear, Sepideh Moafi and Robert Diago DoQui.
The drama series follows the story of Jimmy Keene played by Egerton, who is sentenced to 10 years in a minimum-security prison but agrees to befriend a suspected serial murderer in exchange for a deal with the FBI. To uncover the bodies of up to 18 women, Keene must extract a confession from Larry Hall.
Ray plays the role of Big Jim Keene, Jimmy’s father. At the beginning of the two-minute-28-second trailer, he’s seen telling his son, “I never wanted this for you. I wanted a totally different life — a steady paycheck, kids, a family.”
Watch the trailer:
Ray Liotta passed away last month at the age of 67, but a number of his projects are lined up for release. The actor made his on-screen debut with The Lonely Lady in 1983. He attained worldwide recognition for his roles in Field of Dreams and Martin Scorsese’s seminal gangster film Goodfellas.
The first two episodes will air on Apple TV+ on July 8, followed by one each week until August 5.