Peacock released the first teaser trailer for The Copenhagen Test during the show’s New York Comic Con panel, revealing the first look at the upcoming espionage thriller series starring Simu Liu and Melissa Barrera. It will premiere on December 27, 2025, only on Peacock.
“This espionage thriller series follows first-generation Chinese-American intelligence analyst Alexander Hale (Simu Liu), who realizes his brain has been hacked, giving the perpetrators access to everything he sees and hears,” reads the show’s official synopsis. “Caught between his shadowy agency and the unknown hackers, he must maintain a performance 24/7 to flush out who’s responsible and prove where his allegiance lies.”
Check out The Copenhagen Test teaser trailer below (watch other trailers):
What happens in The Copenhagen Test teaser trailer?
The trailer details the story of Alexander Hale (Liu), an intelligence analyst who doesn’t know whom he can trust anymore. The trailer doesn’t show off too much, but it does tease some fight scenes involving both Liu and Barrera, as well as a possible romantic connection between the two.
The Copenhagen Test was created by co-showrunner and writer Thomas Brandon (Legacies). Jennifer Yale (See, Outlander) also serves as co-showrunner and writer on the project. Alongside Liu and Barrera, series regulars on The Copenhagen Test include Sinclair Daniel, Brian D’Arcy James, Mark O’Brien, and Kathleen Chalfant.
Liu, Brandon, and Yale serve as executive producers on the show, alongside James Wan and Rob Hackett for Atomic Monster, and Mark Winemaker and Jet Wilkinson, the latter of whom also directs the first two episodes of the show.