Keira Knightley is making her Black Doves debut.
The Netflix spy thriller was first introduced again in April 2023 as a U.Ok. fee, from in-demand author Joe Barton and manufacturing firm Sister (Chernobyl, The Energy). Netflix, earlier through the 2024 Edinburgh TV Competition, introduced it had already ordered a second season of Black Doves forward of the primary season’s debut.
Now, with the primary look picture (above) and teaser (under), Black Doves is taking form, as Knightley performs a British agent whose cowl is threatened when her secret lover is assassinated, and he or she goes on the lookout for revenge.
Season one debuts Dec. 5, 2024.
And with the primary look, Netflix has revealed extra of the synopsis.
The British star performs Helen Webb, a devoted spouse and mom {and professional} spy. Having handed her politician husband’s secrets and techniques to the Black Doves, a shadowy group, Webb’s covert identification is endangered when a lover, performed by Andrew Koji, is murdered and he or she appears to be like to avenge his dying. That has Helen and Sam Younger, an previous good friend (Ben Whishaw), himself a Champagne-drinking former murderer, on a mission to find who killed Webb’s lover, and why. However that investigation solely lands the duo deeper right into a conspiracy linking the murky London underworld to a looming geopolitical disaster.
The thriller is about throughout Christmas in London, and finally has Webb and Younger coming to phrases with ethical decisions they made over time as their pasts meet up with them.
Barton (Giri/Haji, The Lazarus Undertaking) created, wrote and govt produces Black Doves.
The primary season forged contains Sarah Lancashire, Luther Ford, Tracey Ullman, Kathryn Hunter and Omari Douglas. The Sister and Noisy Bear sequence can be govt produced by Jane Featherstone, Chris Fry and Knightley, with Harry Munday producing. The sequence is directed by Alex Gabassi (The Crown) and Lisa Gunning (The Energy).