Paramount+ has ordered a brand new crime collection based mostly on the notorious homicide case from the 90s involving the homicide of JonBenét Ramsey.
True crime is a morbid fascination for audiences. Within the 90s, there could be made-for-TV motion pictures that featured plots ripped straight out of the headlines and with the inflow of high quality in tv programming, whether or not or not it’s broadcast or streaming, the restricted collection format is proving to be an excellent method to inform these tales in dramatic format. Yesterday, a brand new trailer for the Ryan Murphy collection Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story premiered and The Hollywood Reporter is now reporting that one other notorious 90s crime case might be getting its personal collection.
Melissa McCarthy and Clive Owen are slated to star in a restricted episode present concerning the homicide of JonBenét Ramsey. The collection is presently sporting the unofficial title, JonBenét Ramsey and it will likely be streaming on Paramount+. JonBenét Ramsey comes from Yellowstone producers MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios, in addition to showrunner Richard LaGravenese, identified for Behind the Candelabra. LaGravense and the collection’ creators Harrison Question and Tommy Wallach are additionally writing. McCarthy and Owen will play JonBenét’s dad and mom, Patsy and John Ramsey.
The present’s description says the collection will comply with the household “as they go through the painful loss of a child while facing intense public scrutiny caused by a media frenzy that caused this case to captivate an entire nation. At the heart of the series, it is the story of Patsy and John Ramsey, exploring the unbreakable partnership of these two complex people — as husband and wife, as mother and father — who had committed themselves and their children to building the narrative of a perfect, privileged life only to have it destroyed one Christmas night in 1996.”
Chris McCarthy, Paramount World Co-CEO and president and CEO of Showtime & MTV Entertainment Studios, spoke of the present’s stars, saying, “Melissa McCarthy and Clive Owen are an extraordinary duo to delve into this tragic story that has cast a long, haunting shadow over American culture for nearly three decades.” 101 Studios CEO David Glasser provides the assertion, “We have been working to bring this thought-provoking and bold project to audiences for some time now and could not be happier with the top-notch team working in front of and behind the camera.”
