A&E"You don't mess with Bonnie and Clyde!"
The epic tale of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, the notorious couple whose crime spree captured the nation's interest in the '30s, comes to TV with The History Channel, Lifetime and A&E's joint miniseries Bonnie & Clyde, starring Into the Wild's Emile Hirsch and The Borgias' Holliday Grainger as the titular duo. Oscar winners William Hurt and Holly Hunter also star in the four-hour series
Though you'll have to wait until Dec. 8 to see Hirsch and Grainger in gangster action, we've got your exclusive first look at the miniseries' artwork! Plus, we've got the first action-packed trailer for the TV event centering on the outlaw lovers...
Romance and violence seems to be the name of the game for Bonnie & Clyde, judging from the glossy one-minute promo featuring Hirsch and Grainger as the depression-era outlaw couple whose criminal exploits have assured them lasting fame for eight decades. Guns, car crashes, robberies, it's all there! The miniseries will follow the couple and the Barrow gang in the three years they spent committing robberies, bank heists and murders before their deaths in 1934.
Hurt takes on the role of Frank Hammer, a Texas Ranger who tracked the infamous duo in the '30s and Hunter plays Bonnie's mother. Also starring in the flick are Prison Break's Lane Garrison as Clyde's brother, Modern Family's Sarah Hyland as Clyde's sister-in-law, Twilight's Elizabeth Reaser as a writer tracking the case and Dale Dickey as Clyde's mother.
Bonne & Clyde airs Sunday, Dec. 8 and Monday, Dec. 9 on A&E, Lifetime and History at 9 p.m. both nights.
Other key cast members include Sarah Hyland (Modern Family) as Blanche Barrow, Clyde's sister-in-law; Lane Garrison (Prison Break) as Clyde's brother Buck; Elizabeth Reaser (The Twilight Saga) as P.J. Lane, a writer tracking the gang; Austin Hebert (True Blood) as Ted Hinton, a lawman also on The Hunt for the duo; and Dale Dickey (Winter's Bone) as Cummie Barrow, Clyde's mother