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Emma Laird and Thomas Doherty will be arriving in New York State for the filming of their next project together, a Prime Video show titled ‘Butcher & Blackbird.’ The dark romance drama series will be shot in Newburgh, New York, between November 30 this year and February 1, 2027. The script is penned by Laura Kosann, Ari Berkowitz, and Ava Tramer, with Chris McKay set to direct. Laird and Doherty are the only revealed cast members yet.
Based on the bestselling novel trilogy ‘Ruinous Love’ by Brynne Weaver, the show’s official synopsis is as follows: Every serial killer needs a friend. Every game must have a winner. When a chance encounter sparks an unlikely bond between rival murderers Sloane and Rowan, the two find something elusive—the friendship of a like-minded, pitch-black soul. From small-town West Virginia to upscale California, from downtown Boston to rural Texas, the two hunters collide in an annual game of blood and suffering that pits them against the country’s most dangerous monsters. But as their friendship develops into something more, the restless ghosts left in their wake are only a few steps behind, ready to claim more than just their newfound love. Can Rowan and Sloane dig themselves out of a game of graves? Or have they finally met their match?
Emma Laird can be recognized as Iris from Paramount+’s ‘Mayor of Kingstown’ and Annabelle from Apple TV+’s ‘The Crowded Room.’ She has starred in ‘A Haunting in Venice,’ ‘The Brutalist,’ ‘28 Years Later,’ ‘28 Years Later: The Bone Temple,’ and ‘Fackham Hall.’ We recently saw her as Shannon in the BBC crime drama series ‘Mint’ and as Molly Giordano in HBO Max’s legal show ‘War.’ Her upcoming projects include a sci-fi show from Apple titled ‘Neuromancer,’ which is slated for release in January 2027, co-starring Callum Turner and Peter Sarsgaard; Cary Joji Fukunaga’s crime thriller movie ‘Blood on Snow,’ to arrive in 2027; and ‘Elden Ring,’ the live-action adaptation of the popular video game, which will be released in the first quarter of 2028.
Thomas Doherty is a common face on television, having starred in the ‘Descendants’ TV shows, the musical drama series ‘The Lodge,’ the CW’s ‘Legacies,’ HBO Max’s ‘Gossip Girl,’ Peacock’s ‘Girls5eva’ (currently belonging to Netflix), and Hulu’s ‘Tell Me Lies’ and the Sterling K. Brown-starrer ‘Paradise.’ He played De Ville, a version of Dracula, in the horror movie ‘The Invitation,’ co-starring Nathalie Emmanuel, and Casey in the drama ‘Dandelion.’ We will next see Doherty reprise his role as Link in Season 3 of ‘Paradise,’ which has wrapped production and is set to drop in 2027.
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