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Kiefer Sutherland Returns To Espionage In Rabbit Hole Teaser Trailer
Kiefer Sutherland takes on corporate espionage in the teaser trailer for Rabbit Hole. Sutherland is known for his long tenure as the hard-edged Jack Bauer on 24, a series centered around counterterrorism. Rabbit Hole returns the actor to the world of deception. Sutherland stars as John Weir alongside Rob Yang, Meta Golding, Enid Graham, Jason Butler Harner, and Charles Dance. The story sees Weir framed for murder by extremely powerful people with wide-reaching influence, forcing him to exhaust all his resources as he works toward the truth.
Paramount+ shared the teaser trailer for Rabbit Hole on YouTube, giving audiences their first taste of what the forthcoming series has to offer.
Sutherland's Weir looks to be declining: drinking, taking copious medication, deprived of sleep, and unable to judge what is real and what isn't. Given the secretive nature of his work, he finds himself in an intense situation that pushes him to his limits. The trailer succeeds in teasing what Rabbit Hole has in store, highlighting its gritty corporate underbelly without giving too much away.
What To Expect From Rabbit Hole
Rabbit Hole is created by John Requa and Glenn Ficarra, who come from eclectic work backgrounds. They got their start writing for children's cartoons like The Angry Beavers and The Wild Thornberrys before penning raunchy comedies like Bad Santa and I Love You Phillip Morris. However, they also wrote the Will Smith starring crime film Focus and Disney's family adventure Jungle Cruise. So while Rabbit Hole looks to be within their wheelhouse, it also doesn't appear as comedic as some of their former work. Still, Rabbit Hole could feature some dark humor that lends color to the show's characters over its run.
Sutherland remains most widely known for his powerhouse performance as Jack Bauer on 24. However, while Rabbit Hole bears similarities to the Fox drama, John Weir looks to be a very different character. While Bauer crossed the line, generally for the greater good, Weir isn't the most altruistic person, dabbling in less than reputable work that ultimately supports greed. Still, as the story's protagonist, he appears to encounter a more significant threat, helping audiences sympathize with him as he fights to clear his name.
While a character being framed is nothing new, Rabbit Hole calls into question its main character's mental state. His deteriorating mental health could lead him to make mistakes, hindering him throughout the series, or even clouding his memory, making what he believes to be truth unreliable. While Weir is fighting to clear his name, he also looks to be battling himself, leaving both he and the audience curious as to what and who can be trusted, much like the Alice in Wonderland-inspired title seems to imply. Rabbit Hole will debut on March 26 on Paramount+ for viewers eager to see Sutherland's new series.
