Highlights
- Apple TV+’s limited series adaptation of Renée Knight’s 2015 novel, Disclaimer, drops on October 11 with a two-episode premiere.
- Starring Cate Blanchett, Kevin Kline, Sasha Baron Cohen, and Kodi Smit-McPhee, Disclaimer* is a psychological thriller where Blanchett’s Catherine Ravenscroft races against time to prevent her past from destroying her present.
- The official trailer reveals that Ravenscroft, a famous documentary journalist, hides a secret that could cost her family, her career, and her reputation.
Apple TV+’s Disclaimer
Five-time Oscar-winning director Alfonso Cuarón directed the seven-part limited series. He also wrote this adaptation of Knight’s novel.
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Cate Blanchett plays Catherine Ravenscroft, an award-winning documentary journalist. Ravenscroft has built her career on shining a light in the darkest corners of people’s lives. When an unknown author sends her their novel, she realizes someone is about to expose her best-kept secret.
The Past Always Finds You
Set in the 2024 present-day with flashbacks to 2001 when Ravenscroft transgression occurs, the trailer hints that as her past becomes known, her present unravels. Husband Robert (Sasha Baron Cohen) and son Nicholas (Kodi Smit-McPhee) are invested in the woman they believe her to be. Will they turn their backs on her when the truth comes out?
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Lurking with vengeful malice is Kevin Kline’s Stephen Brigstocke. Kline plays Stephen in both timelines. And as the troubling novel is dedicated to “My son, Jonathan,” figuring out the author doesn’t appear to be a part of the mystery. Leila George plays Young Catherine in the 2001 timeline, seen in the trailer gallivanting and canoodling with Jonathan Brigstocke (Louis Partridge).
Can We Handle the Truth?
While much of the story’s tension lies in the present where Catherine races to stop Brigstocke from exposing her, the trailer below also hints that her secret from 2001 is something both nefarious and tragic. With an stellar ensemble cast fleshed out by Lesley Manville, a cameo by Christiane Amanpour, and the voice of Indira Varma narrating, this promises to be a memorable limited series event.
Disclaimer premieres on Apple TV+ on October 11 with the first two episodes. New episodes drop on subsequent Fridays.
