Yet another Marvel alum has joinedLove and Death, HBO Max’s upcoming true-crime limited series.Krysten Ritterhas joined the show’s cast next toElizabeth Olsen,Jesse Plemons,Patrick Fugit, andLily Rabe, playing Sherry Cleckler in the true story of a tragic Friday the 13th murder committed by a seemingly innocent housewife.
Inspired in part by the bookEvidence of Love: A True Story of Passion and Death in the Suburbs,Love and Deathfollows housewife Candy Montgomery (Olsen), a devout churchgoer and housewife in Wylie, Texas whose personality seemingly turns on a dime when she kills her friend and neighbor, Betty Gore (Rabe) with an ax like something out of a horror film. An affair between Candy and Betty’s husband, Allan (Plemons), is uncovered shortly after Candy is arrested, leading to a trial that will turn the small town of Wylie upside down.
HBO is not the only network developing a story based on the Gore murders, either. Hulu also has a hand in the true-crime game, developing a series of their own, titledCandyand starringElisabeth Mossin the titular murderous role. What differences will become apparent between the two series, no one yet knows, but true-crime fans are surely in for a treat when both finally grace our screens.
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Love and Deathis produced by the duo behind bothBig Little LiesandThe Undoing,Nicole KidmanandDavid E. Kelley, the latter of whom is also set to write the series. Additional stars includeKeir Gilchristas Pastor Ron Adams,Elizabeth Marvelas Pastor Jackie Ponder, andTom Pelphreyas Don Crowder, with executive producersPer Saarifor Blossom Films,Scott BrownandMegan Creydtthrough Texas Monthly,Matthew Tinker,Michael Klick, andHelen Verno.
No release date has been announced forLove and Death, but if fans want to spot Ritter in the meantime, she is currently starring Netflix’sNightbooks, an adaptation ofJ.A. White’s children’s novel, and is slated to direct the first four episodes ofThe Girl in the Woodsfor Peacock.
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