The trailer for Hulu‘s dramatic new sequence The Twisted Story of Amanda Knox kicks off with Amanda Knox herself asking the query on the prime of everybody's thoughts: “Why would I return to a rustic the place I used to be convicted of homicide?”
The brand new sequence, which premieres on Hulu Aug. 20, explores the vicious investigation and media storm that adopted Knox after she was wrongfully convicted for the 2007 homicide of her roommate, Meredith Kercher, whereas finding out overseas in Italy. The present “traces Amanda's relentless struggle to show her innocence and reclaim her freedom, and examines why authorities and the world stood so firmly in judgment,” per Hulu.
“With a purpose to transfer ahead, I would like to return,” Knox says within the trailer.
Inform Me Lies actress Grace Van Patten stars as Knox. Van Patten took over the position after Margaret Qualley was initially set to star and government produce the undertaking.
The sequence will discover how her life was dramatically upended with this investigation. After her roommate's physique is discovered, Knox is surveilled, swarmed by the press and relentlessly interrogated by the Italian police because the nation – and the world – turned its again on her.
“For 15 years, I've been outlined by one thing I didn't do,” she says. “Many individuals suppose they know my story however now lastly it's my flip to inform it.”
Knox and her former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito had been convicted of sexual assault and homicide after Kercher's dying. She carried out 4 years of her 26-year sentence in an Italian jail earlier than her conviction was overturned in 2015. The nation of Italy was later ordered to pay her $21,000 in damages in 2019.
The restricted sequence will reportedly have eight one-hour-long episodes. It stays unclear if the episodes will launch weekly.
Sharon Horgan, John Hoogenakker, Francesco Acquaroli, Giuseppe De Domenico and Roberta Mattei may also star.
Knox serves as a co-executive producer on the sequence alongside along with her partner Chris Robinson via their firm Knox Robinson Productions.
Monica Lewinsky may also government produce, marking the third manufacturing credit score of her profession after American Crime Story and 15 Minutes of Disgrace.
