Gird your loins and prepare for a hostage video like you’ve never seen.
Stan, Australia’s unrivalled home of original productions, today released the NSFW red band trailer for the Stan Original Series C*A*U*G*H*T, marking actor Kick Gurry’s directorial debut and premiering 28 September, all episodes at once and only on Stan.
The biggest ensemble of Hollywood and home-grown talent in an Australian original television production, Stan has also announced that Susan Sarandon (Blue Beetle), Travis Fimmel (Vikings, Stan Original series Black Snow) and Tuppence Middleton (Downton Abbey) star in the six-episode series, joining director, producer and writer Kick Gurry (Edge of Tomorrow) alongside Sean Penn (Gaslit), Matthew Fox (Lost), Bryan Brown (Palm Beach), Ben O’Toole (Detroit), Lincoln Younes (Last King of the Cross), Alexander England (Stan Original Series Black Snow), Mel Jarnson (Mortal Kombat), Fayssal Bazzi (Stateless) and Dorian Nkono (The Twelve).
Our troops aren’t safe. Neither are our DMs. After the Australian Minister of Defence (Erik Thomson) texts a ‘secret file’ to the Princess of Behati-Prinsloo, a small island nation, he sends four Australian soldiers (Gurry, O’Toole, England and Younes) into the war-torn country on a secret mission to retrieve the file.
Mistaken for Americans, they are captured by freedom fighters (Bazzi, Jarnson and Nkono) and produce a hostage video that goes viral. When the soldiers reach celebrity status on social media, they realise that being caught might just be the best thing that could’ve happened to them. They’re about to make search history.
The explicit red band trailer is available to view here, or check out this official (and more publicly friendly) version…
Also starring in the series is Rebecca Breeds (Clarice), Bella Heathcote (Stan Original Series Scrublands) and Erik Thomson (Stan Original Series Black Snow).
The series will be released globally by Fremantle, ensuring the series is due to launch exclusively on new
streaming service ITVX in the UK in October 2023.
The Stan Original Series C*A*U*G*H*T is created, produced and directed by Kick Gurry. Sean Penn executive produces alongside producers John Schwarz and Michael Schwarz (Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan, Stan Original Film Gold) from Deeper Water Films, and Brendan Donoghue. C*A*U*G*H*T is executive produced by Cailah Scobie and Amanda Duthie for Stan. The series is produced in association with Fremantle, who will also handle international distribution for the series.
