July 15 (UPI) -- Hulu is teasing Red Eye , a series starring The Stranger and The Hobbit actor Richard Armitage . In the new thriller, Armitage portrays Dr. Matthew Nolan, an accused murderer who maintains that he is innocent. London police officer DC Hana Li (Jing Lusi) escorts Matthew on a red eye flight to Beijing. The plane is carrying over 200 passengers and a deadly assassin. "You have to help me," Matthew says in the trailer released Tuesday . "Don't make this harder than it has to be,"