Obituary trailer: darkly comedic crime drama premieres on Hulu this month (2024)

All six episodes of the darkly comedic crime drama Obituary will be available to watch on the Hulu streaming service as of Tuesday, November 21st – and with that date just a week away, we have the trailer for the show for you to check out in the embed above.

Written by Ray Lawlor (Le Ceangal) and directed by John Hayes (Dublin Murders) and Oonagh Kearney (Vardy vs. Rooney), Obituary has the following synopsis: 24-year-old Elvira Clancy is feeling a little unfulfilled, although she adores her new job writing obituaries, but when her newspaper falls on hard times and her boss cuts her salary, she finds herself being paid per obituary overnight. When she “accidentally” kills a nasty piece of work in the town, she discovers she might have a previously untapped bloodlust!

She relishes using ever more crafty methods to kill off the town’s unpleasant residents while making them look like accidents. Stalk. Kill. Publish. Repeat. Unfortunately, a wrench lands in the works – the paper hires a suspicious new crime correspondent and she really, really likes him…

Nell Green produced with APC Studios and Magamedia. Laurent Boissel and Paddy Hayes serve as executive producers. Lawlor has described Obituary as “a fun, darkly twisted drama that proudly allows me to transport some of the wit and characters I encounter every day in my hometown of Castlebar into the living rooms of the Irish people.”

The show stars Siobhán Cullen, whose previous credits include The Dry, Origin, The Long Call, Paula, and Bodkin. Cullen is joined in the cast by Michael Smiley(Luther) as Elvira’s boss Ward Clancy,Ronan Raftery(Gangs of London) as crime reporter Emerson Stafford,Danielle Galligan(The Great) as Mallory Markum, andDavid Ganly(Moon Knight) as Hughie Burns. Also on the cast list areMichael Hough(Murdoch Mysteries),Noni Stapleton(Harry Wild),Conan Sweeny(Smother),Lalor Roddy(The Devil’s Doorway),Dagmar Döring(Finding Joy), and newcomerÉabha Moore.

Obituary looks to me like it could make for an interesting viewing experience. I might have to check it out at some point.

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