Photo Flash: AMC Releases First Look Image of James Norton in MCMAFIA

AMC has released the first look image for McMafia, a new eight part fast-paced global thriller. The image shows James Norton (War & Peace, Happy Valley) playing Alex Godman and Maria Shukshina playing his mother Oksana, at a family funeral. When his family's past murderously returns to threaten them, Alex is forced to confront his values to protect those he loves.

As the English-raised son of Russian exiles with a mafia history, Alex has spent his life trying to escape the shadow of that criminal past, building his own legitimate business and forging a life with his girlfriend Rebecca (Juliet Rylance). What starts out as a story of survival and revenge becomes an epic tale of a man's struggle against the lures of corruption in the modern world and in himself. McMafia is impressive and intimate, glamorous and gritty, global in scale and forensic in detail.

Joining James Norton are David Strathairn (The Bourne Ultimatum, Good Night, and Good Luck), Faye Marsay (Love Nina, Game Of Thrones), Juliet Rylance (The Knick, Frances Ha),Aleksey Serebryakov (The Method, Leviathan) and Maria Shukshina (Yolki 3, Terrorist Ivanona) as Oksana.

The series is inspired by Misha Glenny's best-selling book of the same name, and created by Hossein Amini (Drive) and James Watkins (The Woman In Black). It is co-produced by AMC, BBC and Cuba Pictures, in association with Twickenham Studios, and distributed internationally by BBC Worldwide.

Filming is currently taking place in London and the series will premiere on AMC in 2018.

Photo: (C) Cuba Pictures - Photographer: Nick Wall

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