Sky has unveiled a first-look image of Matt Smith in the upcoming six-part limited series, The Death of Bunny Munro.
Written by BAFTA winner Pete Jackson (Somewhere Boy) and directed by BAFTA-nominated Isabella Eklöf (Industry, Holiday), the show is based on Nick Cave’s sophomore novel and produced by Clerkenwell Films in association with Sky Studios. The musician also serves as executive producer.
Doctor Who and House of the Dragon actor Smith, shirtless and with a cigarette in the first look image revealed Monday, stars in the titular role. Pictured alongside him is newcomer Rafael Mathé, playing Bunny Junior.
“Following his wife Libby’s death by suicide, sex addicted, door-to-door beauty product salesman and self-professed lothario Bunny Munro finds himself saddled with a young son and only a loose concept of parenting,” a plot synopsis reads.
“Together with nine-year-old Bunny Junior he embarks on an epic and increasingly out-of-control road trip across southern England as the two struggle to contain their grief in very different ways.”
First published in 2009, Cave’s novel is his second after And the Ass Saw the Angel (1989). The singer is best known as the lead vocalist of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.
The Death of Bunny Munro will air on Sky Atlantic and streaming service Now in 2025.