Watch Colin Firth in the Trailer for True Crime Drama 'The Staircase'

HBO Max has released the first trailer for its upcoming prestige thriller The Staircase, which casts period drama dream boat Colin Firth as a man who may have brutally murdered his wife. (And was at least convicted of the crime, no matter what you might think about all the bizarre information that surrounds the case.)

The limited series adaptation of the French documentary (also known as The Staircase) arrives in May, and stars Firth and Toni Collette as Michael and Kathleen Petersen. Anyone who has found themselves caught up in the true crime craze of the past few years has probably heard of the Petersen case, as well as the wild conspiracy theories that surround it.

And it looks like the HBO Max series will fully lean into that fact, as the trailer includes several meta moments involving filmmaker Jean-Xavier de Lestrade's documentary crew, as we see them in the Petersen home, interviewing family members and mining acquaintances' memories for clues.

Watch for yourselves below.