See Ray Liotta in his final TV role in the new 'Black Bird' trailer
The first trailer for the upcoming original limited series "Black Bird," which features one of actor Ray Liotta's final performances, was released on Wednesday.
"Black Bird" is inspired by actual events. According to AppleTV, it was adapted from James Keene and Hillel Levin's true crime memoir "In With The Devil: A Fallen Hero, A Serial Killer, and A Dangerous Bargain for Redemption."
In the series, "Goodfellas" alum Liotta plays decorated policeman Jim Keene, whose son Jimmy Keene, portrayed by series lead Taron Egerton, is facing a 10-year stint in prison.
Jimmy, a former high school football hero, agrees to transfer to a maximum security prison for the criminally insane to try to get a confession out of jailed serial killer Larry Hall, played by Paul Walter Hauser of "I, Tonya" and "BlacKkKlansman" fame, in exchange for his freedom.
"I never wanted this for you," Liotta's character tells his onscreen son in one scene.
"Dad. Tell me there's a way out of this," Jimmy says desperately.
"Not a quick one," his dad replies.
In another clip, FBI Agent Lauren McCauley, played by Sepideh Moafi, asks Jimmy if he'll help elicit a confession from Hall. "You want me to check into hell and befriend the demon? Not for all the money in the world," Jimmy says.
"How about freedom?" McCauley responds.
Hauser, for his part, cuts a terrifying figure as suspected serial killer Hall. "You think you could be in danger. You are in danger," Hall taunts Jimmy in the trailer.
Liotta's death was announced in May. A cause of death was not revealed at the time of the announcement.
The 67-year-old completed work on "Black Bird" and the film "Cocaine Bear" prior to his death. Other projects on which he was working at the time of his death -- a drama about the 1992 Los Angeles riots called "April 29, 1992," and a Universal film titled "The Substance" -- are still in production.
"Black Bird" debuts July 8 on Apple TV+.
