HBO’s Half Man Gets a Tense First Trailer
The first official trailer for Half Man has arrived, offering a tense early look at Richard Gadd’s next limited series after the critically acclaimed Baby Reindeer. Released by HBO on April 7, the trailer introduces a story centered on Niall and Ruben, two men who are described as brothers in every way except blood. Their bond, formed through loss and circumstance, sits at the center of a six-episode drama that tracks how that relationship changes over decades and eventually breaks open in violent (and toxic) fashion.
Half Man | Photo Credit: HBO and HBO Max
The footage makes that instability clear almost immediately. Ruben’s sudden appearance at Niall’s wedding sets off the series’ main crisis, and from there the trailer leans into fractured memory, emotional volatility, and the sense that years of damage are about to resurface all at once.
HBO describes the series as spanning from the 1980s to the present day, with the story exploring brotherhood, violence, and the fragility of male relationships across roughly 30 years of these characters’ lives. Created, written, and executive produced by Gadd, Half Man also looks positioned as another dark character-driven project, though this time in a fully fictional setting.
Cast, release date, and trailer
Half Man premieres on April 23 on HBO at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT and will also stream on HBO Max in the U.S. New episodes will roll out weekly through May 28. In the UK and Ireland, the series will debut on April 24 via BBC iPlayer, with BBC One and BBC Scotland broadcasts following within the same week.
Alongside Richard Gadd and Jamie Bell, the cast includes Stuart Campbell, Mitchell Robertson, Neve McIntosh, Marianne McIvor, Charlie De Melo, Bilal Hasna, Julie Cullen, Amy Manson, Anjli Mohindra, Tim Downie, and Philippine Velge, with several younger counterparts helping fill in the show’s multi-decade timeline.
Check out the trailer for Half Man included below.
