Andrew Garfield has officially swapped his Spidey suit for a briefcase and a tie in the trailer for FX’s new true-crime series, “Under the Banner of Heaven.” Radiating the same dark energy as “The Handmaid’s Tale” and Mike Flanagan’s “Midnight Mass,” with some traceable facts thrown in, the trailer keeps us on the edge of our seats as Garfield, a Mormon police detective, investigates the double homicide of a woman and her baby, which has left him and his entire community perplexed.
“The evidence points to things and beliefs that I have only ever heard whisperings about,” Garfield says in disbelief. “I wonder how something so horrific could have come to pass.” Watch the chilling teaser trailer above, and keep reading to find out more about the eerie new show.
Is “Under the Banner of Heaven” Based on a True Story?
“Under the Banner of Heaven” is based on author Jon Krakauer’s nonfiction book, “Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith.” The book — which got its title from an 1880 address given by John Taylor, the third president of the LDS Church — was first published in 2003 and gives an account of the 1984 murder of Brenda Lafferty and her 1-year-old daughter, Erica. A closer look at Brenda’s family history reveals that her husband, Allen Lafferty, planned to marry a second wife, a once common practice in Mormonism. Before they got married, however, Allen’s second wife-to-be left him, which created a divide between Brenda and Allen’s older brothers, Dan and Ron, who believed she was to blame for the split.
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