- HBO's first major series of 2020 will be "The Outsider," a drama based on Stephen King's 2018 horror novel of the same name.
- The story follows a police investigator named Ralph Anderson (played by Ben Mendelsohn) who's tasked with solving the brutal murder of an 11-year-old boy.
- But an "insidious supernatural force edges its way into the case," according to HBO's synopsis, which likely connects to the strange contradictory evidence teased in this first trailer.
- Actors Cynthia Erivo ("Harriet,""Widows") and Jason Bateman ("Ozark,""Arrested Development") also costar in this gruesome tale, and Bateman is also directing the series' first two episodes.
- "The Outsider" premieres on Sunday, January 12. Watch the full trailer below.
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