Elizabeth Banks to Play Karen Read in Prime Video Limited Series About Infamous Court Case
Elizabeth Banks (The Hunger Games, Mrs. America) has signed on to star in and produce the upcoming limited series set around the Karen Read trial from Prime Video and Warner Bros Television.
Justin Noble is on board as showrunner and also will pen the series and serve as executive producer, with David E. Kelley on board to also exec produce. Banks also will exec produce through her Brownstone banner along with her producing partner Max Handelman and Krissy Wall.
Based on the Law & Crime and Wondery podcast Karen, the series follows the trial that captivated the country and turned Read into a household name. When a Boston police officer is found dead in the snow, all eyes are on his girlfriend, Karen Read.
Fracturing a community, some believe she is guilty of first-degree murder, but others believe she’s the victim of a sweeping cover-up by state and local law enforcement. This series explores society’s obsession with true crime, the allure of conspiracy and the deepening crisis of trust in our institutions.
The trial not only became a recurring story on morning talk shows across the country but quickly was turned into multiple news specials as well as a Netflix doc before the final verdict was even delivered.
Insiders tell Deadline that Brownstone had been developing the project for some time and in recent months had started putting the package together starting first by tapping Noble as showrunner.
Once the trial ended this past spring they began packaging the remaining elements with Kelley who has delivered some of the best courtroom drama in the past 30 years boarding as a producer along with Wondery and Law & Order.
via: Deadline