A couple weeks ago, the Peacock streaming service unveiled a teaser trailer for their upcoming series Mrs. Davis, which is set to make its premiere on April 20th… and that teaser really didn’t show us anything from the show. Thankfully, a full trailer for Mrs. Davis has now arrived online, and this one actually gives us an idea of the what the show’s tone, characters, and story are going to be like. You can check it out in the embed above.
We have heard that Mrs. Davis is an exploration of faith vs. technology, an epic battle of biblical and binary proportions. Gilpin plays Simone, a nun who goes to battle against an all-powerful Artificial Intelligence known as Mrs. Davis.
Damon Lindelof is writing and executive producing Mrs. Davis with Tara Hernandez, who serves as showrunner. Also executive producing the show are Eugene Kelly and Owen Harris, who directed multiple episodes of the series, including the first episode. Alethea Jones also directed multiple episodes. In addition to co-writing The Hunt, Lindelof previously created or co-created Lost, The Leftovers, and Watchmen. He worked on the screenplays for the films Cowboys & Aliens, Prometheus, Star Trek Into Darkness, World War Z, and Tomorrowland. Hernandez previously worked on The Big Bang Theory and Young Sheldon. Harris’s directing credits include episodes of The Twilight Zone, Brave New World, and Black Mirror. Among his contributions to Black Mirror was the incredibly popular episode San Junipero.
Gilpin had roles on Nurse Jackie and Masters of Sex, and she earned three consecutive Emmy nominations for her role on the Netflix series GLOW. She was also in The Tomorrow War. She is joined in the Mrs. Davis cast by Jake McDorman, who plays Simone’s rebellious ex, who also has a personal vendetta against the Algorithm. Also in the cast are David Arquette, Elizabeth Marvel, Andy McQueen, Ben Chaplin, Margo Martindale, Katja Herbers, Chris Diamantopoulo, Ashley Romans, Tom Wlaschiha, and Mathilde Ollivier.
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