Netflix Gives the Greenlight to Ryan Murphy's Series MONSTER: THE JEFFREY DAHMER STORY Co-Starring Richard Jenkins

Netflix has given the greenlight to a new limited series titled Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story. The series was co-created by longtime collaborators Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan, who created and wrote Glee, Hollywood, and Ratched, among other titles, with Carl Franklin (Mindhunter, The Leftovers) directing, and Janet Mock (Pose, Hollywood) writing and directing. Richard Jenkins (Step Brothers, The Shape of Water) is set to co-star.

You may know a bit about Dahmer, as he was the serial killer who liked to munch on his deceased victims, but here’s a rundown of the angle the story will take in telling the gruesome tale:

Monster chronicles the story of one of America’s most notorious serial killers, largely told from the point of view of Dahmer’s victims, and dives deeply into the police incompetence and apathy that allowed the Wisconsin native to go on a multiyear killing spree. The series dramatizes at least 10 instances where Dahmer was almost apprehended but ultimately let go. The series also is expected to touch on white privilege, as Dahmer, a clean-cut, good-looking white guy, was repeatedly given a free pass by cops as well as by judges who were lenient when he had been charged with petty crimes.

“Oscar nominee and Emmy winner Jenkins (The Shape Of Water) will play Dahmer’s father Lionel, a chemist, who showed him how to safely bleach and preserve animal bones when he was a child, a technique Jeffrey later gave a sinister twist with his victims.” The creators of the series are searching for the right actor to play Jeffrey Dahmer, as well as the major role of his neighbor, “Glenda Cleveland, a neighbor of Dahmer’s who repeatedly tried to warn law enforcement of his erratic behavior, to no avail.”

The 10 episode story will span the 1960’s through the early 1990’s, when Dahmer was arrested. Sounds like a fascinating watch for any murderino. Are you in?

via: Deadline