Cumberbatch stars as a New York puppeteer and the creator of a popular children's television show whose 9-year-old son Edgar disappears one morning on his way to school.
The project is from creator Abi Morgan and consists of six episodes. The series also stars Gaby Hoffmann, McKinley Belcher III, Dan Fogler and Clarke Peters.
According to the description, Cumberbatch’s character, Vincent, becomes “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. As Vincent’s progressively destructive behavior 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.”
The Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness actor previously talked about the series at the Next on Netflix showcase in London in March, noting that the series is rooted in the real world.
“Looking at parenthood, looking at marriage, looking at mental health, looking at the AIDS pandemic, but also the ongoing crises of homophobia, of racism in institutions,” the actor explained. “There’s a lot going on, and yet it does speak to our world. It’s not cramming stuff in that we’re not, sadly, all too familiar with.”
The series is directed by Lucy Forbes and executive produced by Morgan, Jane Featherstone, Lucy Dyke, Lucy Forbes and Cumberbatch.
Eric premieres on Netflix on Thursday, May 30.
You can watch the trailer for Eric below.
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