Netflix is increasing its crime class with an upcoming collection based mostly on the case of Lyle and Erik Menendez.
The two brothers, who had been 21 and 18 years outdated once they murdered their dad and mom in 1989, had been discovered responsible of killing José and Mary Louise Menendez and had been sentenced to life in jail with out the potential of parole. Regardless of rising up in a rich household, because of their father’s work within the leisure trade, Lyle and Erik claimed throughout their court docket trials that they suffered from bodily, emotional, and sexual abuse all through their childhood.
The Menendez household story turned a high-profile case, and now Netflix, together with the creators who labored on the Dahmer collection starring Evan Peters, is about to launch a collection based mostly on their case. The present will star Nicholas Alexander Chavez (Lyle), Cooper Koch (Erik), Javier Bardem (José), Chloë Sevigny (Mary Louise, often known as, “Kitty”), and extra in main roles.
The official trailer, launched on Tuesday, August 27, reveals the Menendez household posing for a portrait whereas the dad and mom’ voices play within the background. “I must know what’s happening with you and the boys,” Mary Louise says. José responds, “What do you imply?” After extra dialog, José whispers, “It’s over, it’s performed… I’m going to repair this household.” Within the subsequent scene, the brothers, bathed in blue mild, share an embrace as one says, “It’s simply us now, we’re on our personal.”
The present might be a part of the crime anthology collection Monsters, which initially started with govt producer Ryan Murphy’s launch of Dahmer, detailing the case of serial killer and cannibal Jeffrey Dahmer. In accordance with The Hollywood Reporter, Murphy mirrored on the making of the collection, saying, “We weren’t a lot concerned with Jeffrey Dahmer, the particular person, however in what made him the monster he turned… It’s actually about white privilege, systemic racism, and homophobia.”
In accordance with the New York Put up, the platform’s description states that the present “dives into the historic case that took the world by storm, paved the best way for audiences’ modern-day fascination with true crime, and in return asks these audiences: Who’re the true monsters?”
The Menendez story is about to debut on the streaming platform beginning September 19.
