AMC has released the official trailer for Dark Winds, its forthcoming adaptation of Tony Hillerman’s iconic Leaphorn & Chee book series. It is scheduled to make its debut on Sunday, June 12 on AMC and AMC+ with the first two episodes. One new episode will premiere every Sunday on AMC, and AMC+ subscribers will have advance access to an additional episode each week, beginning June 19.
The video, which you can check out below, begins with a Navajo police officer discovering two dead bodies in a hotel room. In order to find the killer, he must search through the town’s 27,000 square miles of land. Lucky for him, a new deputy has been sent to help him with the impossible task.
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Dark Winds stars Zahn McClarnon (Westworld, Fargo) as Joe Leaphorn, Kiowa Gordon (The Red Road) as Jim Chee, Jessica Matten (Burden of Truth) as Bernadette Manuelito, Noah Emmerich (The Americans) as FBI Special Agent Whitover, Deanna Allison as Joe’s wife Emma Leaphorn, and Rainn Wilson (The Office) as Devoted Dan, a full-of-faith car salesman.
“Set in 1971 on a remote outpost of the Navajo Nation near Monument Valley, Dark Winds follows Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn of the Tribal Police as he is besieged by a series of seemingly unrelated crimes,” reads the synopsis. “The closer he digs to the truth, the more he exposes the wounds of his past. He is joined on this journey by his new deputy, Jim Chee. Chee, too, has old scores to settle from his youth on the reservation. Together, the two men battle the forces of evil, each other and their own personal demons on the path to salvation.”
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Dark Winds is created and executive produced by Graham Roland, with Vince Calandra set as the showrunner. Executive producers are Calandra, McClarnon, Chris Eyre, George R.R. Martin, Robert Redford, Tina Elmo, and Vince Gerardis.
