THE LAST PANTHERS – Samantha Morton as Naomi
SundanceTV is bringing The Last Panthers – a crime thriller inspired by the real exploits of the Pink Panther gang – to America. The Last Panthers stars Samantha Morton, Tahar Rahim, Goran Bogdan and John Hurt.
In the premiere, The Animal (Wednesday, April 13th, 10/9C), a bungled getaway results in a death and the Pink Panthers, long thought dormant, are now the subject of a murder investigation.
Follow the jump for further details.
TUNE IN FOR THE U.S. PREMIERE OF THE CRITICALLY-ACCLAIMED, BAFTA TV-NOMINATED DRAMA “THE LAST PANTHERS,” DEBUTING ON SUNDANCE TV WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13 AT 10/9C
The Last Panthers _ Season 1, Episode 2 – Photo Credit: Stephane Remael/Sky UK Ltd
“A crime thriller innumerable cuts above the standard”
– Dorothy Rabinowitz, Wall Street Journal
“Bemused Hurt and quiet, searching Morton do terrifically with the material”
– Daniel D’addario, TIME Magazine
The Last Panthers,” a Sky Atlantic/CANAL+/SundanceTVco-production which bowed in November to rave reviewsinternationally, will premiere stateside on Wednesday, April 13th at 10/9c. Inspired by true crimes, a daring diamond heist sparks a series of events across Europe that lead to guns, drugs and into the depths of Europe’s criminal underworld. The story pivots back and forth from London, Marseille, Belgrade and Bosnia and between the dark days of the 1995 Balkan conflict, through the evolution of organized crime in Europe, to the modern day world of gangsters and Euro banks and its new breed of criminal – the ‘Banksters’.
In the premiere episode, “The Animal,” a daring diamond heist has all the hallmarks of the infamous Pink Panther gang – supposed to have retired years ago. When a young girl is shot in the bungled getaway a hunt for stolen diamonds, also becomes a hunt for a killer.
The six-episode limited series stars two-time Academy Award®nominee Samantha Morton (Sweet and Lowdown, In America), French César Award winner Tahar Rahim (A Prophet), Croatian-born actor Goran Bogdan (Number 55) and BAFTA and Golden Globe® winner and two-time Academy Award®nominee John Hurt (The Elephant Man, Midnight Express).
With opening title music by the legendary David Bowie, “The Last Panthers” is based on the work of French journalist Jérôme Pierrat, who has investigated organized crime in France for years, and co-created and written by the award-winning writer Jack Thorne (“The Fades,” “This Is England”). The series, shot in four countries – the UK, France, Serbia and Montenegro – in three languages, is directed by Johan Renck(“Bloodline,” “Breaking Bad”) and executive produced by Caroline Benjo (“The Returned”) and Jimmy Desmarais (“The Returned”) of Haut et Court, Peter Carlton (“This Is England”) of Warp Films, Johan Renck and Jack Thorne.