Hulu dropped the trailer for “Paradise,” its upcoming drama featuring the reunion of Sterling K. Brown and “This Is Us” creator Dan Fogelman, on Thursday, revealing a Jan. 28 premiere date and teasing the insidious plot of the series centered around a presidential murder.
Per Hulu, “‘Paradise’ is set in a serene, wealthy community inhabited by some of the world’s most prominent individuals. But this tranquility explodes when a shocking murder occurs and a high-stakes investigation unfolds.”
In the “Paradise” trailer, Brown is revealed to play Xavier Collins, head of security for President Cal Bradford (played by James Marsden). When Xavier finds Cal dead one morning and is discovered to be the last person to have seen the president alive, he’s questioned by the authorities who appear to doubt his relationship with the commander-in-chief to the point where he needs to take a polygraph test.
Cut to a flashback to when Cal was still alive, and Xavier is shown wearing an arm sling as he’s welcomed into a meeting in the Oval Office where the president and a small group are gathered. The team is going to reveal high-level information to Xavier at Cal’s request, and when he looks hesitant to participate, Julianne Nicholson’s mysterious character tells Xavier, “You’re going to want to hear this.”
The trailer shows brief glimpses of a nondescript emergency and the ensuing chaos, which Xavier has to navigate through as both Cal’s security and the father of two children. It ends with a return to the polygraph scene, where Xavier is being asked by a woman played by Sarah Shahi if “a part of” him is “happy that Cal is dead,” and the interviewer silently opens her palm away from onlookers to reveal a cryptic prompt for Xavier: “Say yes.”
Brown executive produces “Paradise” alongside creator Fogelman, as well as John Requa, Glenn Ficarra, John Hoberg, Jess Rostenthal and Steve Beers. The series hails from 20th Television.
The “Paradise” cast also includes Nicole Brydon Bloom, Aliyah Mastin, and Percy Daggs IV.
Watch the trailer for “Paradise” below.
