Benedict Cumberbatch is to star in a new six-part Netflix thriller Eric ... trends now
Benedict Cumberbatch is set to star in a new six-part Netflix thriller Eric alongside Gaby Hoffmann.
The British actor, 46, will play the lead role of Vincent Anderson, a father who is on a desperate search to find his missing nine-year-old son who disappeared one morning on his way to school.
Set in 1980s New York, Vincent is one of the city's leading puppeteers and the creator of the hugely popular children's television show, 'Good Day Sunshine'.
He struggles to cope with the loss of his son, Edgar, becoming increasingly distressed and volatile.
Full of self-loathing and guilt around Edgar's disappearance, he clings to his son's drawings of a blue monster puppet, ERIC, convinced that if he can get ERIC on TV then Edgar will come home.
Star: Benedict Cumberbatch, 46, is set to star in a new six-part Netflix thriller Eric alongside Gaby Hoffmann in the role of Vincent Anderson, a father who is on a desperate search to find his missing nine-year-old son who disappeared one morning on his way to school
As Vincent's progressively destructive behaviour alienates his family, his work colleagues, and the detectives trying to help him, it's Eric, a delusion of necessity, who becomes his only ally in the pursuit to bring his son home.
Also joining the cast is Gaby Hoffmann, who plays Cassie Anderson and McKinley Belcher III, who plays Detective Michael Ledroit.
Filming has commenced on the series which will film in Hungary and New York.
Eric has been created and written by BAFTA and Emmy-winner Abi Morgan OBE, the writer of The Split, River and Suffragette.
Also an executive producer on the series, Abi Morgan
