Netflix has released the official trailer for the House of Guinness, and it has set the bar high for the new show!
The series launches on September 25, and details the journey behind one of the most famous breweries in history, as well as looking at the tales of the Guinness family dynasty.
The jam packed trailer gives us a peek into who is starring in the acclaimed show, including actors from Normal People and Game of Thrones.
The synopsis of the show reads ' House of Guinness explores an epic story inspired by one of Europe's most famous and enduring dynasties - the Guinness Family. '
'Set in 19th-century Dublin and New York, the story begins immediately after the death of Sir Benjamin Guinness, the man responsible for the extraordinary success of the Guinness brewery, and the far-reaching impact of his will on the fate of his four adult children, Arthur, Edward, Anne, and Ben, as well as on a group of Dublin characters who work and interact with the phenomenon that is Guinness.'
Created by the mind behind Peaky Blinders, writer and producer Steven Knight worked along side Kudos and Nebulastar studios to create the show. The series is set to unveil the dark and twisted secrets behind the Guinness siblings and their struggle to work together after their father's death.
The trailer opens up to 1860's Dublin, where horse and carriages roamed the streets, and tension was brewing between the workers inside the Guinness factory, and its new owners. Arthur and Edward Guinness.
Chaos ensues as the estate of the late Sir Benjamin Guinness is divvied between the four siblings, with Steven Knight saying 'The first priority is not to screw it up, and the second priority is to make it even bigger'. 'I feel it wise not to burden Benjamin and Anne with the temptations that come with fortune' Sir Benjamin's will executor tells his children in the trailer, placing a division within the family.
The trailer leaves us with an eerie foreshadowing of what the Guinness family will come to face with such fortune, including an uprising from unions across Dublin. 'The children Sir Benjamin leaves behind are weak and divided. Now is the time to use that weakness!'
Starring in the show is a star studded cast, with Irish hunk Anthony Boyle (Manhunt) playing Arthur Guinness and Fionn O Shea (Normal People) playing his younger brother Benjamin.
Louis Partridge (Enola Holmes) stars as Edward Guinness and Emily Fairn (The Responder) plays Sir Benjamin's daughter Anne. James Norton plays Sean Rafferty, the factory foreman of the Guinness factory. The cast line up if filled with Irish talent, including Dervla Kirwan, Jack Gleeson, Niamh McCormack, Danielle Galligan, Ann Skelly, Seamus O’Hara, Michael McElhatton, David Wilmot, Michael Colgan, Jessica Reynolds, Hilda Fay and Elizabeth Daulau.
The series will be released on September 25, and with 8 episodes just under an hour long, we will be sat ready to binge the whole thing!
Watch the Trailer below
