First ‘Banshee’ Teaser Promises Plenty of Scumbags

Cinemax has released the first ever teaser for the new series Banshee, currently in production around Charlotte, North Carolina, and while there is no actual footage revealed yet, we do get hear a bit of dialogue from some of the show’s stars.

You can watch the brand new teaser for Banshee in the player below and then scroll down to view some of the images tweeted recently by showrunner Greg Yaitanes!

Antony Starr (Rush), Ivana Milicevic (Charlie’s Angels), and Matt Servitto (Hitch), star in Banshee, along with Ulrich Thomsen (The Celebration), Frankie Faison (The Wire), Rus Blackwell (Recount), Ryann Shane (Blue Bloods), Lili Simmons (Geek Charming), Chelsea Cardwell (What to Expect When You’re Expecting), Michael Roark (Magic Mike), Odette Annable (Cloverfield), and Ben Cross (Star Trek).

Executive produced by Alan Ball (True Blood, Six Feet Under) and Greg Yaitanes (House, Lost), the action drama centers on an ex-convict and master thief (Antony Starr) who assumes the identity of the sheriff of Banshee, PA, where he continues his criminal activities even as he’s being hunted by the shadowy gangsters he had betrayed years earlier.

HBO-owned Cinemax began production on Banshee in and around Charlotte, NC in May.

The show will debut on Cinemax in 2013.