{"id":307,"date":"2017-09-01T11:31:32","date_gmt":"2017-09-01T11:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/?p=307"},"modified":"2018-02-05T03:25:33","modified_gmt":"2018-02-05T03:25:33","slug":"kit-harington-returns-to-television-in-the-first-trailer-for-gunpowder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/kit-harington-television-trailer-gunpowder\/","title":{"rendered":"Kit Harington Returns to Television in the First Trailer for \u201cGunpowder\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jon Snow may have sailed to the farther lands as the finale of Season 7 of \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d showed us, but Kit Harington is going nowhere. He will be returning to the television with \u201cGunpowder\u201d, a series set in 1605. It chronicles the \u2018Gunpowder Plot\u2019 and stars him as the mastermind of the same, Robert Catesby. For those unaware, the \u2018Gunpowder Plot\u2019 was a failed assassination attempt using cast quantities of gunpowder against King James I of England and VI of Scotland by a group of provincial English Catholics. They were led by Cates<\/p>\n

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If that name sounds familiar, it is because Fawkes is the anti-hero of the extremely popular graphic novel series, \u201cV for Vendetta\u201d by Alan Moore and the eponymous movie. In real life, Fawkes was captured by a nobleman of the court before he could set fire to the gunpowder. To this day however, November 5 is celebrated as the \u201cGuy Fawkes Day\u201d in England.<\/p>\n

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Harington developed the series with Daniel West and Ronan Bennett. What\u2019s interesting is that Harington is a direct descendant of Robert Catesby from his mother\u2019s side.<\/p>\n

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The series is stacked with a talented cast that includes Peter Mullan (\u201cChildren of Men\u201d, \u201cHarry Potter Series\u201d) who will play Father Henry Garnet, a co-conspirator; Liv Tyler (\u201cThe Lord of the Rings Series\u201d) will play Anne Vaux, a wealthy woman who gave living quarters to Garnet and other Catholic priests in a time when practising Catholicism was prohibited; and Mark Gatiss (\u201cSherlock\u201d) will also star as Sir Robert Cecil, the nobleman who uncovered the plot.<\/p>\n

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The series doesn\u2019t have a premiere date yet but all its episodes have reportedly been directed by J Blakeson (\u201cThe 5th Wave\u201d).<\/p>\n

You can catch the trailer below:<\/p>\n