Prime Video has used their appearance at the 2024 Edinburgh TV Festival to announce details on a number of upcoming shows. As part of the streamer’s upcoming slate we heard plenty about upcoming British thriller The Assassin.
The series is a Two Brothers Pictures (an All3Media company) production for Prime Video, in association with All3Media International, ZDF and Stan. The 6×60 drama has been written and created by Harry and Jack Williams (The Tourist, Boat Story, The Missing) with Krissie Ducker (Killing Eve, Sweetpea), Hamish Wright (Significant Other) – who serve as executive producers – and Selina Lim (Sex Education) also writing.
Starring in The Assassin is Keeley Hawes (Bodyguard, Scoop), Freddie Highmore (The Good Doctor, Bates Motel), who each serve as Executive Producers, with Gina Gershon (Riverdale, New Amsterdam), Shalom Brune-Franklin (The Tourist, Baby Reindeer), Jack Davenport(The Morning Show, Pirates of the Caribbean), Alan Dale (Dynasty, Lost), Gerald Kyd (The Swarm, The Split), Devon Terrell (Totally Completely Fine, Cursed), Richard Dormer (Blue Lights, Game of Thrones) and David Dencik (The Ipcress File, No Time To Die). Further cast will be announced in due course.
Secluded on a remote Greek island, retired assassin Julie (Keeley Hawes) has a somewhat thorny reunion with her estranged son, Edward (Freddie Highmore), visiting from England. Armed with questions around new information on his paternity, Edward battles to find the right time to speak to his frustratingly distant mother. But, when the moment finally presents itself, things take a deadly turn as Julie’s dangerous past catches up with her and they are forced to flee the island and go on the run together.
Edward’s quest for truth clashes with Julie’s secrecy whilst they are forced to work together in a fight for survival, testing their dysfunctional relationship to its limits. Amid uncovering a dark conspiracy they believe to be their only threat, a greater danger emerges that will destroy their relationship entirely. In a race against time, Julie fights to save Edward and salvage their relationship as past and present collide in a showdown across the globe…
Prime Video will launch writing duo Harry and Jack Williams’ brand new drama series The Assassin in the UK & Ireland. The series is produced by award-winning production company Two Brothers Pictures (The Tourist, Boat Story, Fleabag) in association with ZDF who is the German co-production partner, All3Media International, and Stan in Australia.
