In the new drama-thriller series The Devil’s Hour on Prime Video, Peter Capaldi’s character, Gideon, who is obsessed with murder, makes bold claims about being able to travel through time and predict the future. The next series, with a launch date set for October 28, is based on the idea of the “Devil’s Hour,” or the time between 3 and 4 a.m., when people often awake to find strange things happening. In this role, Capaldi portrays a reclusive guy who, due to his murderous preoccupation, becomes the principal focus of a police manhunt. In the preview, Gideon (played by Jessica Raine) explains to a scared Lucy Chambers (Jessica Biel) how her dreams and memories are intertwined and why she sometimes feels like her “life isn’t her own.”
Every night at 3:33 a.m., Lucy awakens, and she spends the next few hours trying to make sense of her weird visions and the recent strange happenings, such as the deteriorating health of her mother, the emotional unavailability of her son, and the trail of awful killings. Despite his “distorted connection with time,” Gideon is able to guide Lucy to the solutions she has been fruitlessly seeking; yet, is he “playing a game,” or would they “play back” against him? Capaldi has previously stated, through RadioTimes, that the next show’s nature is quite bleak, which might prove to be rather amusing. “Tom’s writings were fantastic, full of energy and fresh ideas, and they formed the basis for an immensely successful production.
The actor said that his character plays a pivotal part in Lucy’s life, previewing his role by adding, “Jess portrays a character that Gideon has completely targeted. He is unstoppable; he intends to get to her and her kid. However, the reason he’s acting in this manner is not what you might expect… or perhaps it is.” In addition to Capaldi and Raine, the cast also features Nikesh Patel (Four Weddings and a Funeral) and Alex Ferns (Andor) as police detectives investigating a murder. Ted Lasso’s Phil Dunster, Cecilia Blair, Thomas Dominique, Rhiannon Harper-Rafferty, Benjamin Chivers, Talia Walker, and Isaac Money are just some of the other actors in the cast. Tom Moran (Phoenix Forgotten) wrote and will direct all six episodes of this British thriller, which Steven Moffat will executive produce (Sherlock). On October 28, just in time for Halloween, you can stream The Devil’s Hour on Amazon Prime Video.