Paramount Television has put in development a drama series based on the 2017 New Yorker article “Remembering the Murder You Didn’t Commit.” The project hails from writer-director Hannah Fidell (The Long Dumb Road ) and Doug Belgrad’s 2.0 Entertainment.
The magazine article by Rachel Aviv explores the true story of how six people from a small town in Nebraska were brainwashed by local law enforcement into falsely believing that they had committed a murder together. The TV show will explore the fallibility of memory, the power of persuasion and the psychology of trauma.
2.0 Entertainment’s Belgrad and Sophie Cassidy are attached to executive produce the project.
Cassidy found the article and landed it in competitive situation, with Fidell set to write the adaptation and direct. 2.0 then shopped the package, making a deal with Paramount TV, which likely will bring a high-level auspice it has on its talent roster. In addition to...
The magazine article by Rachel Aviv explores the true story of how six people from a small town in Nebraska were brainwashed by local law enforcement into falsely believing that they had committed a murder together. The TV show will explore the fallibility of memory, the power of persuasion and the psychology of trauma.
2.0 Entertainment’s Belgrad and Sophie Cassidy are attached to executive produce the project.
Cassidy found the article and landed it in competitive situation, with Fidell set to write the adaptation and direct. 2.0 then shopped the package, making a deal with Paramount TV, which likely will bring a high-level auspice it has on its talent roster. In addition to...
- 4/18/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
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