Following an evocative teaser earlier this month, Netflix has dropped a full-length trailer for its upcoming coming-of-age crime adaptation, Boy Swallows Universe. The new trailer gives a better feel for the direction of the story, as well as locking in a January release date for the series.
The trailer opens with protagonist Eli Bell (Felix Cameron) approaching a newspaper office claiming to have a story to tell. “It’s a crime story,” he tells the receptionist, launching into a trailer that showcases both the humor and heartbreak that the series is sure to deliver. We get a look at a handful of iconic scenes from the book, including the kidnapping of Eli’s father-in-law Lyle Orlick (Travis Fimmel) and Eli’s attempted break-in of Boggo Road Gaol.
We also get our first glimpse of Australian screen legends Deborah Mailman and Bryan Brown in their roles as counsellor Poppy Birkbeck and criminal-turned-babysitter Slim Halliday, respectively. Meanwhile, the new Boy Swallows Universe trailer still only vaguely hints towards the magic realism elements that play a major role in making the source material so compelling.
Boy Swallows Universe is an adaptation of Trent Dalton’s award-winning 2018 novel of the same name. It’s the story of a boy trying to understand a world with a mute brother and a family with deep ties to the criminal underworld and all the dangers that spring therefrom. The book is described as semi-autobiographical, chronicling a fictionalized version of Dalton’s childhood and youth in Brisbane through the 1980s.
The series is set to debut on Netflix on January 11, 2024, comprising of eight episodes in total.
Published: Nov 27, 2023 05:42 pm