The first teaser trailer is here for Duster, a Max project reunites writer-producer J.J. Abrams and star Josh Holloway.
Abrams teamed with LaToya Morgan to create the show, which is set in 1972 and follows “the first Black female FBI agent (Rachel Hilson) as she heads to the Southwest and recruits a gutsy getaway driver (Holloway) in a bold effort to take down a growing crime syndicate (led by Keith David).”
The trailer below shows the meeting of Holloway and Hilson’s characters, and snippets of sex, drugs and violence that puts the show into more R-rated territory than Abrams’ previous ventures.
“I had this image of a phone in the middle of the desert and a car driving up, and a guy getting on the phone to find out where he was meant to go next,” Abrams said during a Hollywood Reporter interview about the show. “It implied some kind of crazy intrigue, and I didn’t know what the answer was, but I knew it was compelling. LaToya and I started talking about who this guy might be, and I always knew there would be an FBI agent who showed up. But it wasn’t until we started talking about what her story is, that we started building this story towards something that felt twisty and turn-y and ultimately really satisfying. That became the goal: How do we tell a crazy story that actually ends up being driven towards one point and where we’re actually headed towards something that feels inevitable? Where we would have the vibe of it, the spirit of it, the sense of humor and the sense of absurdity?”
Added Morgan: “The thing that was most exciting for me was that we could do something that was a throwback to things that are not really on television anymore. You could have this fun pastiche of action and humor. It was really a chance to jump into something with both feet.”
Duster premieres May 15 on Max.