First trailer for Amazon’s The Collection struts its stuff
David Farnor | On 11, Aug 2016
The first trailer for Amazon’s new fashion drama The Collection is strutting its stuff online – and it’s a stylish number.
A gripping family drama and entrepreneurial fable, set in a 1940s Paris fashion house, The Collection exposes the grit behind the glamour of a rising business, spearheaded by two clashing brothers, played by Richard Coyle and Tom Riley.
The ensemble cast includes Frances de la Tour as the brothers’ formidable mother, Yvette, Mamie Gummer (Ricki and the Flash, The Good Wife) as Paul Sabine’s American wife Helen, and Jenna Thiam (The Returned) as Nina, a seamstress whose star is on the rise.
Oliver Goldstick (Pretty Little Liars, Lipstick Jungle, Ugly Betty) is showrunner on the programme, with the behind-the-scenes team including award-winning director Dearbhla Walsh (Penny Dreadful), BAFTA award-winning producer Selwyn Roberts (Parade’s End), Executive Producers Anne Thomopoulos (Rome) and Kate Croft (Murderland), production designer Alison Dominitz (Casanova), costume designers Chattoune & Fab (Dheepan) and casting director Rachel Freck (The Go-Between).
The first episode premieres on Amazon Prime Video on Friday 2nd September, with further episodes arriving weekly.
Here’s the trailer:
Fashion drama The Collection to premiere on Amazon Prime Video in September
19th July 2016
Amazon has confirmed that The Collection will premiere on Amazon Prime Video this September.
The period drama, set in 1947 Paris, follows a fashion house’s attempt to restore Paris’ supremacy as the haute couture capital. But the question is: can this business survive meteoric success? Spearheaded by two clashing brothers, creative and entrepreneurial geniuses, played by Richard Coyle and Tom Riley, this family is hiding secrets that could destroy their dreams.
Internal rivalries and betrayals, hateful bargains made to survive the Nazi occupation, and the twisted secret behind the master’s success could threaten to topple this empire at any moment. The staff of the atelier survived one devastating war, but another looms; one where personal battles and passionate love stories set family against family, protégés against mentors, and the past against the future.
The ensemble cast includes Frances de la Tour as the brothers’ formidable mother, Yvette, Mamie Gummer (Ricki and the Flash, The Good Wife) as Paul Sabine’s American wife Helen, and Jenna Thiam (The Returned) as Nina, a seamstress whose star is on the rise.
Oliver Goldstick (Pretty Little Liars, Lipstick Jungle, Ugly Betty) is showrunner on the programme, with the behind-the-scenes team including award-winning director Dearbhla Walsh (Penny Dreadful), BAFTA award-winning producer Selwyn Roberts (Parade’s End), Executive Producers Anne Thomopoulos (Rome) and Kate Croft (Murderland), production designer Alison Dominitz (Casanova), costume designers Chattoune & Fab (Dheepan) and casting director Rachel Freck (The Go-Between).
“We’re incredibly excited to be bringing this new, original series to Amazon Prime members in the UK,” says Jay Marine, VP Amazon Prime Video EU. “We have a collection of all-star British, American and European talent on this show, both in front and behind the camera. Headed by Oliver Goldstick, the team have created a taut family drama playing out in a sumptuous universe within the glamour of 1940s Paris. Against a backdrop of beautifully-made gowns, sparring business rivals, war heroes and villains, The Collection is a captivating, original drama and Prime members will get a chance to see it before anyone else.”
The Collection is a Lookout Point and Artis Pictures Production co-produced with Federation Entertainment and MFP with the participation of France Televisions for BBC Worldwide Ltd. The project commenced production in January, filming in both Wales and France. It has received investment from the Pinewood Wales Investment Budget as well as Pinewood.
The show will premiere on Amazon Prime Video on Friday 2nd September, with new episodes then arriving every Friday.