Hulu continues to evolve Murdaugh murdersa crime story about a real family made notorious by Mandy Matney’s popularity Murdaugh murders podcasts.
Deadline first reported on the project in April when it was acquired by UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group. The series aims to be the definitive account of Alex Murdaugh, a member of South Carolina’s prominent legal family who faced dozens of embezzlement and other criminal charges. Here’s UCP’s official log line: “The series is based on Alex Murdaugh’s strange family drama, a compelling account based on countless hours of reporting from Matney as well as exclusive insider knowledge gained from years of following the case.”
Matney’s podcast has been downloaded more than 26 million times over 41 episodes since it launched on June 22, 2021.
Michael D Fuller (lock and key) and Erin Lee Carr (Britney to Spears) will create, write and run the series. Other EPs include Matney and Nick Antosca and Alex Hedlund for Eat the Cat.
Fuller’s credits include Quarry, fix and lock and key while it belongs to Carr Britney on the other hand. Spears, I love you, die now, mama’s dead and Darling. Antoscas is A Family Friend, The Act, Candy, Brand New Cherry Scent and Chuckie.
Fuller is repped by UTA, Grandview and Johnson Shapiro. Carr is repped by UTA and Sloss Eckhouse Dasti Haynes. Antosca is repped by WME and Ginsburg Daniels Kallis. Matney is repped by UTA.
Author: Lynette Reis
Source: Deadline
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