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‘Barkskins’ is a new limited series that premieres May 25 on National Geographic. The series is based on the New York Times bestselling novel of the same name by Pulitzer Prize-winner Annie Proulx. ‘Barkskins’ follows a ‘disparate group of outcasts and dreamers battling to escape their pasts while navigating the brutal frontier hardships, competing interests, and tangled loyalties at the crossroads of civilization: the New World.’ The show stars David Thewlis as Claude Trepagny, Marcia Gay Harden as Mathilde Geffard, Aneurin Barnard as Hamish Goames, James Bloor Dunkirk as Charles Duquet, Christian Cooke as Rene Sel, David Wilmot as Constable Bouchard, Thomas M. Wright as Elisha Cooke, Tallulah Haddon as Melissande, Kaniehtiio (Tiio) Horn as Mari, Lily Sullivan as Delphine, and Zahn McClarnon as Yvon. The limited series will consist of 8 episodes. See more photos of ‘Barkskins’ in our gallery now.