Kevin Costner & Morgan Freeman’s ‘The Gray House’ Trailer Drops Ahead Of Launch On Prime Video U.S.
EXCLUSIVE: Here’s the first trailer for Civil War epic The Gray House. We revealed last year that Prime Video had snapped up the Kevin Costner and Morgan Freeman-produced limited series for the U.S. We now have the trailer for the show ahead of the Roland Joffé-directed drama launching on Prime on 26 February.
Mary-Louise Parker (The West Wing), Daisy Head (Harlots), Amethyst Davis (Kindred) and Ben Vereen (Roots) star. The plot revolves around the true story of a group of unsung women—a Virginia socialite, her mother, a formerly enslaved sister-in-arms, and the city’s most notorious courtesan. They operate deep inside the corridors of Confederate power and transform an underground railroad into an effective underground spy network, risking life and liberty.
“If we leave evil alone, are we responsible for it growing?” one of the women asks in the trailer. We also see masked plotters, railroads, politicking and some full-scale Civil War battles in the minute-long first peek at the series.
The Gray House was written by Leslie Greif, Darrell Fetty and John Sayles. The Republic Pictures limited series hails from Costner’s Territory Pictures, Freeman’s Revelations Entertainment and Leslie Greif’s Big Dreams Entertainment. Costner, Freeman and Greif exec produce alongside Lori McCreary, Rod Lake and Howard Kaplan.
The show’s cast also includes Paul Anderson, Ian Duff, Hannah James, Robert Knepper, Christopher McDonald, Colin Morgan, Rob Morrow, Colin O’Donoghue, Sam Trammell and Keith David
Some big names feature on the soundtrack with an original song performed by Willie Nelson as well as numbers from Shania Twain, Killer Mike and Yolanda Adams among others. Jon Bon Jovi also co-wrote one of the songs on the soundtrack.
Prime Video will drop all eight episodes of The Gray House simultaneously. Paramount Global Content Distribution is handling sales and struck the U.S. deal.
