Netflix expands its crime category: a series about the Menendez brothers
28 august 2024 в 08:50
Netflix is expanding its crime category with an upcoming series based on the case of Lyle and Erik Menendez.
Two brothers, aged 21 and 18 when they killed their parents in 1989, were found guilty of the murders of Jose and Mary Louise Menendez and were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Despite growing up in a wealthy family due to their father’s work in the entertainment industry, Lyle and Erik claimed during the trials that they had suffered physical, emotional, and sexual abuse throughout their childhood.
The Menendez family’s story became a high-profile case, and now Netflix, along with the creators who worked on the series about Dahmer featuring Evan Peters, is set to release a series based on their case. The series will star Nicholas Alexander Chavez (Lyle), Cooper Koch (Erik), Javier Bardem (Jose), Chloe Sevigny (Mary Louise, also known as «Kitty»), and others in leading roles.
The official trailer, released on Tuesday, August 27, shows the Menendez family posing for a portrait while the voices of the parents are heard in the background. «I need to know what’s happening with you and the boys», - Mary Louise says. Jose responds, «What do you mean?» After further conversation, Jose whispers, «It's all over… I will fix this family». In the next scene, the brothers, bathed in blue light, embrace, and one of them says, «Now it’s just us, we’re alone».
The series will be part of the criminal anthology Monsters, which originally began with the release of Dahmer, detailing the case of serial killer and cannibal Jeffrey Dahmer. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Murphy reflected on the creation of the series, saying, «We were more interested in not Jeffrey Dahmer as a person, but what made him a monster… It’s really about white privilege, systemic racism, and homophobia».
According to the New York Post, the platform’s description states that the series «dives into a historical case that shook the world, paved the way for modern audience fascination with true crime, and in response asks this audience: who are the real monsters?»
The Menendez story is set to debut on the streaming platform on September 19
Two brothers, aged 21 and 18 when they killed their parents in 1989, were found guilty of the murders of Jose and Mary Louise Menendez and were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Despite growing up in a wealthy family due to their father’s work in the entertainment industry, Lyle and Erik claimed during the trials that they had suffered physical, emotional, and sexual abuse throughout their childhood.
The Menendez family’s story became a high-profile case, and now Netflix, along with the creators who worked on the series about Dahmer featuring Evan Peters, is set to release a series based on their case. The series will star Nicholas Alexander Chavez (Lyle), Cooper Koch (Erik), Javier Bardem (Jose), Chloe Sevigny (Mary Louise, also known as «Kitty»), and others in leading roles.
The official trailer, released on Tuesday, August 27, shows the Menendez family posing for a portrait while the voices of the parents are heard in the background. «I need to know what’s happening with you and the boys», - Mary Louise says. Jose responds, «What do you mean?» After further conversation, Jose whispers, «It's all over… I will fix this family». In the next scene, the brothers, bathed in blue light, embrace, and one of them says, «Now it’s just us, we’re alone».
The series will be part of the criminal anthology Monsters, which originally began with the release of Dahmer, detailing the case of serial killer and cannibal Jeffrey Dahmer. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Murphy reflected on the creation of the series, saying, «We were more interested in not Jeffrey Dahmer as a person, but what made him a monster… It’s really about white privilege, systemic racism, and homophobia».
According to the New York Post, the platform’s description states that the series «dives into a historical case that shook the world, paved the way for modern audience fascination with true crime, and in response asks this audience: who are the real monsters?»
The Menendez story is set to debut on the streaming platform on September 19
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