Elizabeth Banks will play Karen Read in Prime Video Limited Series on the notorious judicial case

Elizabeth Banks (The Hunger Games, Mrs. America) signed to act and produce the next limited series set around the test Karen Read of Prime Video and Warner Bros Television.

Justin Noble It is on board as a showrunner and will also penal the series and will act as an executive producer, with David E. Kelley On board even managers manufacturers. The banks will also be managers through his Banner in Brownstone together with his manufacturer partner Max Handelman and Krissy Wall.

Based on the law and crime and on the podcast Wondery KarenThe series follows the process that fascinated the country and transformed into a family name. When Boston’s police officer is found dead in the snow, all eyes are on his girlfriend, Karen Read.

Fracture of a community, some believe they are guilty of first instance murder, but others believe they are the victim of a radical cover -up by the state and local law enforcement agencies. This series explores the obsession of society for the real crime, the charm of conspiracy and the deepening of the crisis of trust in our institutions.

The process has not only become a recurring story in the morning talk shows throughout the country, but has been quickly transformed into several special information and into a Netflix document even before the final verdict had emerged.

The insiders say to Deadline that Brownstone had been developing the project for some time and in recent months he had started putting the package together starting first by touching noble as a showrunner.

Once the process has been finished last spring, they started packing the remaining elements with Kelley who delivered some of the best dramas in court in the last 30 years on board as a producer together with Wondery, Law & Order.

Via: deadline