Patricia Arquette Set to Star in Hulu Limited Series Based on the Murdaugh Murders
Academy Award winner Patricia Arquette (Boyhood, The Act) has signed on to star in the untitled Hulu limited series that will tell the story of the infamous Murdaugh Murders, from co-creator and showrunner Michael D. Fuller (Quarry, Rectify) and co-creator Erin Lee Carr (Britney vs Spears, I Love You, Now Die).
The series tells the story of Maggie and Alex Murdaugh’s “stranger-than-fiction family drama, a riveting account drawing from countless hours of reporting by Mandy Matney – journalist and creator of the popular Murdaugh Murders Podcast – as well as exclusive, insider knowledge from years spent following the case,” says a release from the streamer.
Arquette will star as Maggie Murdaugh, a wife and mother whose husband Alex Murdaugh was convicted of her murder and that of their son Paul. The patriarch is currently serving two consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole. His attempt to get a new trial was denied in January.
The project reunites Arquette with Eat the Cat Productions, Hulu and UCP following their collaboration on the limited series The Act, for which Arquette received the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress.
Arquette’s upcoming projects include The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde, opposite Jodie Comer and directed by Kenneth Branagh, and They Will Kill You, opposite Zazie Beetz.
via: Deadline