It may not be a seasonal first but Kevin Bacon has risen from the dead in the new action horror comedy The Bondsman.
Bacon’s resurrection, however, comes about after a deal with the devil which forces him to hunt down demons on the loose on Earth.
The series launches on Prime Video this week with an unlikely blend of fast-paced action, country music, demons and a deal with Satan.
Created by David Grainger, the show is co-executive produced by Erik Oleson and Erik Holmberg for Blumhouse Television.
We take a look at the details.
Kevin Bacon does a deal with the devil in The Bondsman (Photo: Prime VideoKevin Bacon stars as Hub Halloran, a murdered bounty hunter who comes back from the dead after being resurrected by the devil to do his dirty work.
But the deal with the devil means he must trap and send back demons, who have escaped from the prison of Hell.
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Read MoreAs he chases down those demons, with the help and hindrance of his estranged family, Hub learns how his own sins led to his soul being condemned.
And this pushes him to seek a second chance at life, love, and country music.
Along the way we meet his estranged wife Maryanne (Jennifer Nettles) who is now living with local mobster Lucky Callahan (Damon Herriman), his teenage son Cade (Maxwell Jenkins) and his mother Kitty (Beth Grant), who founded their bail bonds business and with whom he lives.
Who is in the cast of The Bondsman?
Kevin Bacon stars as Hub Halloran (Photo: Tina Rowden/Prime Video)
Kevin Bacon stars as Hub Halloran, a murdered bounty hunter back from the dead after a deal with the devil.
Award-winning American actor Bacon rose to fame in the film Footloose and has gone on to have leading roles in Flatliners, JFK, A Few Good Men, The River Wild, Apollo 13, Picture Perfect, Mystic River, The Woodsman and Taking Chance, X-Men: First Class and Crazy, Stupid, Love.
On the small screen, he has starred in City on a Hill, The Following and the EE advertising campaing.
The 66-year-old also plays in a band called The Bacon Brothers, with his brother Michael.
Jennifer Nettles
Jennifer Nettles plays Maryanne Dice (Photo: Tina Rowden/Prime Video)Jennifer Nettles plays Maryanne Dice, Hub’s former wife and a country singer.
Singer-songwriter and actress Nettles,50, has one numerous award during her career in country music including three Grammys.
As an actress, she has starred as Roxie Hart in Chicago on Broadway and as Dolly Parton’s mother in the film Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colours. She also plays Aimee-Leigh Gemstone in the comedy series The Righteous Gemstones.
Beth Grant is Kitty Halloran (Photo: Tina Rowden/Prime Video)
Beth Grant is Kigty Halloran, Hub’s mother and founder of the family bail bonds business.
Grant, 75, is an American character actress who has appeared in films such as Flatliners, Rain Man, Speed, Donnie Darko, No Country for Old Men, Jackie, Rango and Amsterdam.
On television, she has had roles in Malcom in the Middle, Wonderfalls, King of the Hill, Pushing Daisies and The Mindy Project.
Damon Herriman
Damon Herriman appears as Lucky Callahan (Photo: Tina Rowden/Prime Video)Damon Herriman takes on the tole of Lucky Callahan, a reformed mobster from Massachusetts and the owner of local bar The Boxcar.
The Australian actor, 55, is best known for his roles as Dewey Crowe in the neo-western crime series Justified and Romeo in the miniseries Flesh and Bone.
He has played Charles Manson twice, once in the Netflix drama Mindhunter and once in the film Once Upon A Time In Hollywood.
And he was Detective Inspector Lachlan Rogers in the BBC drama The Tourist.
The remaining cast includes:
Maxwell Jenkins as Cade Halloran (Arcadian, Dear Edward, Reacher) Jolene Purdy as Midge (The White Lotus, Firefly Lane, Orange is the New Black) Denitra Isler as Sheriff Ruby (The Resident, The Underground Railroad, The Act) Kathrine Barnes (Average Joe, Walden, Queer as Folk) Mike Kaye as Tater (The Worst Couple, Dynasty, No one Can Hear You Scream) KD O’Hair as Trish (The Walking Dead, Sweet Magnolias, American Rust) Drexel Malkoff as Benji (Walden)The Bondsman was filmed in spring 2024 and is set in the fictional town of fictional town of Landry in the southern US state of Georgia.
The city of Atlanta and towns of Grantville, Senoia and Sharpsburg formed the backdrop to the show.
Grantville has become a popular film location due to the number of dilapidated buildings in parts of the town after the decline of the cotton industry in the area. The Walking Dead and Lawless were filmed on location there.
The Bondsman was filmed in the southern US state of Georgia (Photo: Tina Rowden/Prime Video)Some of Georgia’s small towns outside Atlanta were used for filming (Photo: Tina Rowden/Prime Video)Senoia is home to the Riverwood Studios and is the town where parts of Fried Green Tomatoes, Driving Miss Daisy and the Footloose remake were filmed.
Sharpsburg is a rural community of less than 500 residents, its small town and forests were used for some of the super-natural elements of the show.
When is The Bondsman on and how many episodes are there?
The Bondsman will premiere on Amazon’s Prime Video on Thursday 3 April.
All eight episodes of the horror comedy will launch on the streaming service at 8am BST.
To watch, viewers will need to subscribe to Prime Video which costs from £8.99 per month. There is a 30-day free trial available.
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