Jurassic World: Dominion star Sam Neill returns to Australian screens in new court drama The Twelve
A new trailer for the highly anticipated Australian Foxtel Original series The Twelve has just been released.
Sam Neill, who plays a lawyer, leads an impressive cast in the 10-part courtroom drama, which airs on Foxtel from Tuesday June 21.
The Jurassic World: Dominion star, 74, will share the screen with Brendan Cowell (Game of Thrones), Pallavi Sharda (Lion), Marta Dusseldorp (Wentworth) and Kate Mulvany (Lambs of God).
In Search of Justice: A new trailer for the highly anticipated Australian Foxtel Original series The Twelve has just been released. Sam Neill, who plays a lawyer, leads an impressive cast in the 10-part courtroom drama, which airs on Foxtel from Tuesday June 21
They are joined by Brooke Satchwell (Neighbours), Nic Cassim (Mr Inbetween), Daniel Mitchell (The Moody), Gennie Nevinson (Muriel’s Wedding), Toby Blome (Privileged), Warren Lee (Eight) and Susan Kennedy (All Saints).
Based on the 2019 Belgian series De Twaalf, The Twelve tells the story of 12 jurors who, while grappling with their own personal struggles, must decide the case of a woman accused of killing a child.
The two-minute trailer contains disturbing scenes of a bushland search for the body of a murdered 14-year-old girl.
Sitting in judgment: Based on the 2019 Belgian series De Twaalf, The Twelve tells the story of 12 jurors who, while grappling with their own personal struggles, must decide the case of a woman accused of killing a child to have
It is then revealed that the victim was strangled with her own school tie.
In a controversial twist, a scene shows a juror being offered a bribe to secure an acquittal.
Other scenes show how the grueling trial affects the jury’s personal life and confronts them with their own prejudices.
Intense: Marta Dusseldorp (Wentworth) stars in the trailer for The Twelve
Confrontation: Kate Mulvany (Lambs of God) plays the accused in The Twelve
Brendan Cowell, who plays one of the jurors, tells a colleague on the case, “You may not be able to judge this objectively given your personal history.”
When The Twelve went into production last year, Brian Walsh, Executive Director of Television at Foxtel, said in a statement: “The judges, twelve ordinary people who, behind the facade of their anonymity, bring their own stories with them.
Confrontation: Other scenes show how the grueling trial affects the jury’s personal life and confronts them with their own prejudices
“Lives as complex as the process, filled with broken dreams, shameful secrets, hope, fears, personal trauma and prejudice.”
The Twelve is produced by Ian Collie, Ally Henville and Rob Gibson.
The series is directed by Daniel Nettheim (The Tourist) and Sian Davies (Bump).
Disturbing: In a controversial twist, a scene shows a jury being offered a bribe to secure an acquittal