Hulu will stage one of the most discussed criminal cases of recent years.
The streamer has greenlit an untitled limited series based on the Murdaugh murder case. Emmy winner Patricia Arquette will star in the project as Maggie Murdaugh; the series was created by co-creators Michael D. Fuller and Erin Lee Carr and executive produced by Nick Antosca.
The project is a reunion for Arquette and Antosca, who worked together on Hulu The act (for which Arquette won an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie.) Like that series, the Murdaugh drama is produced by Antosca’s Eat the Cat banner and Universal Studio Group’s UCP, where Antosca and Eat the Cat have an overall deal.
The Murdaugh case, which saw Maggie’s husband Alex Murdaugh sentenced to life in prison for killing her and their son Paul, has already been the subject of numerous podcasts and television documentaries, including shows on Netflix, Max and ID. Lionsgate Television has also optioned a book about the case for development in 2021.
The Hulu series will be based on the reporting of journalist Mandy Matney, creator and co-host of Murdaugh Murders Podcast (later renamed Real sunlight as he broadened his focus to other cases).
Fuller (Rectification, Locke & Key) will serve as showrunners on the series. He and Carr, a documentarian known for Britney vs Spears AND I love you, now dieexecutive produced with Antosca and Alex Hedlund for Eat the Cat and Matney.