VIDEO: 'Crossbones' Trailer Offers John Malkovich as Blackbeard

Crossbones could be NBC's most ambitious series in some time, a swashbuckling drama set in pirate times with John Malkovich as the dread pirate Blackbeard. It's a series that looks to provide a salacious, high-seas counterpart to Dracula, in that it's a new take on a fairly iconic figure.

The story features Malkovich's Blackbeard wandering the seas with physician Tom Lowe (Covert Affairs star Richard Coyle) in search of (what else?) lucrative treasure. The series doesn't premiere until Friday, May 30 at 10/9c, but you can check out the full trailer now. Honestly, it kind of looks...well, fun. Watch via TVLine:

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