Most bounty hunters stop chasing criminals when they die, but “The Bondsman” is built different.
Vanity Fair unveiled the first look at Kevin Bacon and more from Prime Video’s action-horror-thriller series, premiering April 3.
Bacon stars as Hub Halloran, a bounty hunter who gets a second chance at life by agreeing to track down demons who’ve escaped from Hell.
“It is very violent and has a lot of blood and scares, but it also has some tongue-in-cheek aspects,” Bacon told Vanity Fair. “It’s oftentimes funny, and it also has a lot of heart.”
Jennifer Nettles (“The Righteous Gemstones”), Beth Grant (Donnie Darko), Jolene Purdy (“Under the Dome”), Damon Herriman (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood), and Maxwell Jenkins (“Lost in Space”) also star.
Bacon and Nettles, each accomplished musicians in their own right, wrote several songs for the show.
The series was created by Grainger David, with Erik Oleson (“Daredevil,” “Carnival Row”) serving as showrunner.
“We’ve all seen countless demons in various forms of one or another,” said Oleson. “I had never seen a show where the devil was treated like he was a warden of a prison, and that escaped prisoners would have to be caught and brought back to prison. Normally, you think, ‘Oh, the devil sends demons to earth to wreak havoc and cause trouble.’ This was the flip of it.”
Produced by Blumhouse Television, Amazon Studios, and CrimeThink, the first season of “The Bondsman” consists of eight half-hour episodes.
