{"id":50677,"date":"2024-05-02T17:54:58","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T15:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2035024"},"modified":"2024-05-02T19:55:58","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T17:55:58","slug":"eric-on-netflix-release-date-cast-plot-trailer-and-latest-news","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/eric-on-netflix-release-date-cast-plot-trailer-and-latest-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric on Netflix: Release date, cast, plot, trailer and latest news"},"content":{"rendered":"

Benedict Cumberbatch stars in the “emotional thriller” from The Split’s Abi Morgan. <\/p>

By Abby Robinson\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 02 May 2024 at 15:54 PM<\/p>

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The Split\u2019s Abi Morgan<\/a> has been hard at work on \u201cemotional thriller\u201d Eric<\/a>, which is coming soon to Netflix<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The six-episode series is set in New York in the 1980s, and follows one father\u2019s desperate search to locate his child after he disappears on his way to school.<\/p>\n

Central to this story is Eric, a blue monster puppet, who\u00a0<\/span>becomes \u201chis only ally in the pursuit to bring his son home\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

For more information about Eric, read on.<\/p>\n

Eric release date: When can I watch it?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Benedict Cumberbatch as Vincent in Eric.<\/span><\/figcaption> Netflix<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

You can stream it on Netflix from Thursday 30th May<\/strong>.<\/p>

Eric cast: Who stars?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Benedict Cumberbatch<\/strong> (Sherlock, Doctor Strange, The Imitation Game) stars as Vincent, the father, while Ivan Morris Howe<\/strong> plays missing boy Edgar.<\/p>\n

Gaby Hoffmann<\/strong> (Transparent, Field of Dreams) also features alongside <\/span>McKinley Belcher III<\/strong> (Ozark, We Own This City, The Passage).<\/span><\/p>\n

Eric plot: What\u2019s it about?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Benedict Cumberbatch as Vincent in Eric.<\/span><\/figcaption> Ludovic Robert\/Netflix<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

When Vincent\u2019s son Edgar vanishes<\/a> while en route to school, he spends every waking moment trying to find him \u2013 and it\u2019s his child\u2019s drawings of a blue monster puppet called Eric that he turns to<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Vincent, who is a puppeteer and the creator of a popular children\u2019s TV show, believes if he can get Eric on the nation\u2019s TV screens, Edgar will return to him.<\/p>\n

Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n