Watch Matt Smith star in the first trailer for Nick Cave novel adaptation ‘The Death of Bunny Munro’
The first trailer has arrived for Sky’s new adaptation of Nick Cave‘s novel, The Death of Bunny Munro, starring Matt Smith.
Cave published the acclaimed novel in 2009, and also serves as an executive producer on the series in addition to creating the soundtrack alongside his longtime musical collaborator Warren Ellis.
The synopsis for the six-part series reads, “Following his wife Libby’s death by suicide, sex addicted door-to-door beauty salesman and self-professed lothario Bunny Munro (Matt Smith), finds himself saddled with his young son, Bunny Junior, and only a loose concept of parenting. As the two struggle to contain their grief in wildly different ways, Bunny takes Junior on the road for an increasingly out-of-control door-to-door sales tour around Brighton and the surrounding coast.”
It continues: “Bunny bounces from one sales pitch to the next, trying to seduce any woman he meets, while Junior kills time talking to the ghost of his mother and grappling with the dawning realisation that his dad isn’t just fallible, he’s a fucking mess. As Bunny starts to unravel, he realises he must do something to rescue his son from his own outdated notions of what it is to be a man; to save him from becoming another Bunny Munro.”
The series is also described as “both a wild cautionary tale and a tender portrait of the relationship between father and son”.
The Death of Bunny Munro is set to arrive on Sky and Now TV on November 20th. It also stars Rafael Mathé in his television debut as Bunny Junior, with Industry’s Isabella Eklöf handling directorial duties, and Somewhere Boy’s Pete Jackson penning the screenplay.
Before it arrives on screens, a special preview event is set for the Southbank Centre’s London Literature Festival, held at the Royal Festival Hall on October 30th, 2025. The evening will feature a screening of the first two episodes, followed by an exclusive on-stage conversation with Cave and Smith about their long journey of bringing The Death of Bunny Munro to life.
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