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Lizzie Borden is an infamous murderer whose story has become something of a nursery rhyme. And now, as part of Ryan Murphy'sMonsters series, he's getting ready to tell her tale. Murphy and his frequent collaborator Ian Brennan are reportedly bringing on Kelli Marchman McNeely to write the series and it is going to be an interesting departure for Murphy and company who has worked with Netflix to tell the stories of Jeffery Dahmer with Dahmer, the upsetting story of Lyle Menendez and Erik Menendez with Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, and now a story about Ed Gein with star Charlie Hunam. Murphy has found his Lizzie to take on the infamous story in Ella Beatty.

The story of Lizzie Borden is "easily" remembered as the rhyme that explains exactly what Borden did (or didn't do). "Lizzie Borden took an axe, And gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what she had done,...

The stories of serial killers have been told for decades, and they'll most likely continue to be shared for many more decades to come. Those individuals have scarred many, turning what is usually in horror movies into real-life, traumatic, gruesome events. From Jeffrey Dahmer to Ed Gein (in the upcoming Season 3), Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan have brought these stories to the forefront of television once again with their Netflix series Monster. The biographical crime drama anthology premiered on September 21, 2022, on the streamer. It became a trending topic for weeks, with many praising the performances of Evan Peters, who played Jeffrey Dahmer, and Niecy Nash, who played his neighbor in the first season.

For its fourth season, Ella Beatty will step into the killer role, portraying Lizzie Borden. In the anthology, a different serial killer is highlighted in each season. What started as a limited series transpired into something bigger,...

Netflix‘s true crime anthology series Monster is coming for a fourth season with America’s most notorious murder cases, the Lizzie Borden murders. She was accused of murdering both her father and stepmother with an axe. In 1892, she was a seemingly 32-year-old Sunday school teacher in Fall River, Massachusetts. Lizzy was innocent until her father and stepmother were found murdered in their home.

She became the prime suspect in the killing, which was committed with a hatchet. Although Lizzie was ultimately acquitted, public suspicion lingered for the rest of her life.

Now, Ryan Murphy‘s Monster: Season 4 will re-examine this chilling case. The Emmy-nominated crime series will focus on the events that led to the murders and the controversial trial that captivated the whole nation.

Announced on July 28, Monster season 4 will star actress Ella Beatty in the title role. According to Netflix Tudum and Deadline, the production is...

The ten-episode series Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (read our review Here) was such a huge success for the Netflix streaming service back in 2022 that Netflix ordered two more seasons of the show from its creators, Ian Brennan and American Horror Story co-creator Ryan Murphy. Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story was released less than a year ago, and has had quite an impact on the real lives of the title characters. Right before that season premiered last September, it was announced that Sons of Anarchy‘s Charlie Hunnam had signed on to play murderer and graverobber Ed Gein in Monster season 3 (which is apparently called The Original Monster). Although that season doesn’t have a premiere date, it’s expected to be streaming by the end of the year. Now, Variety reports that Monster season 4, which is going to tell the story of Lizzie Borden, is already casting!

Netflix’s hit crime drama anthology Monster is back with a vengeance, and this time, it’s digging into one of the most bone-chilling murder cases in American history. For season 4, creators Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan are turning their lens on Lizzie Borden, the infamous woman at the center of the 1892 axe murders that shocked the nation. Now, we just learned who will be stepping into the bloody shoes of Borden, as well as who else is joining the cast.

These exciting new cast additions come just a couple of weeks after learning that a fourth season of Monster was officially in the works. Monster season 3 is rumored to be released on Netflix sometime in October 2025, and it will center around the horrifying crimes of Ed Gein. Monster season 4 will see the series shift focus to the notorious Lizzie Borden case, delving deep into the mystery and controversy surrounding...

The third season of Netflix'sMonster is still on the way, but plans are quickly moving forward to develop Season 4. It was previously reported that Season 4 would put Lizzie Borden into the spotlight, and now it's known who will be playing the alleged axe murderer.

Per THR, Ella Beatty (Feud: Capote vs. the Swans) has been tapped to star as Lizzie Borden in Monster Season 4, which doesn't yet have its official title. Borden is infamous for the allegations that she murdered her father and stepmother with an axe, though the was ultimately acquitted at trial. Rebecca Hall (Godzilla vs. Kong) has also been cast as Lizzie's stepmother, Abby Borden, while Vicky Krieps (The Dead Don't Hurt) has been cast as Bridget Sullivan, the family maid.

Ryan Murphy is the co-creator of the series along with Ian Brennan. Previously, Beatty made her TV debut by working with Murphy on Capote vs. the Swans.

Ryan Murphy is tapping into one of his many “Swans” to portray iconic killer Lizzie Borden. “Feud: Capote vs. The Swans” breakout star Ella Beatty is set to play the lead in the fourth installment of Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s “Monster” true crime franchise series. Deadline first reported the news.

Beatty made her screen debut with “Feud” and counts Sundance hit “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” as her first feature film. Beatty’s parents are Warren Beatty and Annette Bening.

Along with the actress, Rebecca Hall and Vicky Krieps are finalizing deals to co-star in “Monster.” Hall is reported to be in talks to portray Borden’s murdered stepmother, with Krieps soon to be cast as a maid. Both Hall and Krieps are already in the Murphy cinematic universe, with Hall in “The Beauty” and Krieps in the “Monster” installment about serial killer Ed Gein, who...

With just a few months remaining until the show's return, Netflix's divisive anthology series Monster has just secured its future on the streaming platform. Created and executive produced by Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan, the true-crime series has been one of the more controversial in Netflix's library with its apparent sympathetic approach to depicting real figures.

Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story followed the infamous killer in season 1 and continued with Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story in season 2, both of which were viewership hits. Monster season 3, subtitled The Original Monster, is set to follow Ed Gein, as played by Charlie Hunnam.

Varietyhas brought word that Monster season 4 is a go at Netflix, with the future season of the true crime anthology series focusing on the story of female murderer, Lizzie Borden. This was confirmed as the streamer has cast its first three stars.

Feud: Capote vs. The...

The fourth season of Netflix’s Monster anthology from Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan has found its star.

Ella Beatty (Feud: Capote vs. the Swans) will play Lizzie Borden in the series, which will recount the sensational allegations that Borden killed her father and stepmother with an axe. She was acquitted at trial.

Rebecca Hall (Godzilla vs. Kong, Vicky Cristina Barcelona) and Vicky Krieps (Phantom Thread, The Dead Don’t Hurt) are also set to star, playing Lizzie’s stepmother, Abby Borden, and the family’s maid Bridget Sullivan.

Beatty, Hall and Krieps have all worked with Murphy before. Beatty had a recurring part in Capote vs. the Swans, which marked the TV debut for the daughter of Warren Beatty and Annette Bening. Hall is in Murphy’s upcoming FX series The Beauty, and Krieps will feature in season three of Monster, which stars Charlie Hunnam as serial killer Ed Gein.

“Monster” found its Lizzie Borden for Season 4. The Netflix anthology series cast Ella Beatty in the lead role for the next installment of Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s hit true crime saga, TheWrap has learned.

The series also cast Rebecca Hall to play Lizzie’s stepmother Abby, and Vicky Krieps will play Bridget Sullivan, a maid in the Borden home. The news comes as Netflix prepares to debut Season 3 later this year, which will star Charlie Hunnam as serial killer Ed Gein.

The casting marks the return for all three actresses into the Murphy universe. Beatty, whose parents are Warren Beatty and Annette Bening, previously appeared in a recurring role on “Feud: Capote vs. The Swans” on FX. Hall is in the cast of Murphy’s upcoming FX drama “The Beauty” and Krieps is set to star in “Monster” Season 3.

Borden’s story has been depicted across multiple TV and film adaptations,...

“Monster” Season 4, which will focus on Lizzie Borden, has found its leading lady.

Variety has confirmed that Ella Beatty will star as Lizzie in the fourth season of the Netflix anthology series. In addition, Rebecca Hall has been cast as Lizzie’s stepmother, Abby Borden, while Vicky Krieps will play Bridget Sullvan, a maid in the Borden household.

The fourth season of “Monster” was first reported to be in the works back in early July. “Monster” Season 3, which will star Charlie Hunnam as Ed Gein, is believed to be releasing later in 2025.

Lizzie Borden lived in Massachusetts in the late 1800s. In 1892, she was accused of murdering both her father and her stepmother with an axe at their shared home. Borden was eventually acquitted of the crimes, but the brutal nature of the murders attracted nationwide attention and contributed to Borden’s place in popular culture.

The case has been...

Exclusive: Ella Beatty (Feud: Capote vs. The Swans) is set to play the lead in the fourth installment of Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s Monster true-crime franchise for Netflix. She landed the role after an extensive multi-country casting search. Rebecca Hall and Vicky Krieps will also star in the new season, which will tell the story of Lizzie Borden who was tried and acquitted of the 1892 axe murders of her father and stepmother in Fall River, Ma.

Beatty will portray Borden, with Hall said to be portraying her stepmother and Krieps believed to be playing a maid. Max Winkler is set to direct the pilot episode.

All four already are in the Ryan Murphy universe. Beatty, whose parents are Warren Beatty and Annette Bening, made her screen acting debut with a recurring role on FX’s Feud: Capote vs. The Swans.

Exclusive: Warner Bros. Pictures has acquired rights to adapt Chris Colfer’s multi-million copy #1 New York Times bestselling book series The Land of Stories for film, with Academy Award nominee Phil Johnston (Ralph Breaks the Internet) attached to write the live-action adaptation.

Emma Watts brought the property to the studio and will produce alongside Colfer, with Rob Weisbach exec producing.

In The Land of Stories, twins Alex and Conner Bailey, fresh from the tragic loss of their father, are transported into a magic book where the classic fairy tales come to life — magically, hilariously, and sometimes dangerously — in one connected universe. Thrust into a strange world where all the rules have changed, they come face to face with characters they’ve only read about in stories — and in their quest to return home, become empowered in thrilling, often surprising ways.

Spanning novels, picture books, chapter books, audiobooks, a treasury of newly-told classic fairy tales,...

It’s shaping up to be quite a good week for Cooper Koch, who just received his first Emmy nomination this morning for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series. Not only is he ecstatic about the news, the nomination came as a bit of an early present for him. “Today’s the greatest day and it’s my birthday tomorrow,” says Koch. “That’s the best birthday present in the entire world.”

Monsters: The Lyle And Erik Menendez Story is the second season of Ryan Murphy’s Monster anthology series for Netflix, centering on the 1989 murders of José (Javier Bardem) and Kitty Menendez (Chloë Sevigny), who were killed by their sons Lyle (Nicholas Alexander Chavez) and Erik (Koch). The season was nominated for 11 Emmys, including Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series.

The role was a “dream come true” for Koch, as someone who was invested in the ongoing case.

Exclusive: Monsters breakout Cooper Koch has closed a deal to join Anora breakout Yura Borisov and Andrew Garfield in Artificial, Luca Guadagnino’s new AI-themed feature for Amazon MGM Studios.

No word on the role Koch is playing, and official plot details for the film are being kept under wraps, although it’s described as a comedic drama set in the world of artificial intelligence. While unconfirmed, sources say the film revolves around the period at the artificial intelligence company OpenAI in 2023 that saw CEO Sam Altman fired and rehired in a matter of days.

Simon Rich wrote the script and will produce alongside Heyday Films’ David Heyman and Jeffrey Clifford, as well as Jennifer Fox. The project was first announced in early June.

Koch is coming off a Golden Globe nomination for his turn as Erik Menendez in Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, the latest critically acclaimed...

Who will have the write stuff at the Emmys? When it comes to Best Limited Series/Movie Writing, it becomes a bit of a numbers game.

With 71 submissions, this year's Best Limited Series/Movie Writing category will have just five finalists when the nominations are announced Tuesday. This is only the second time since the expansion to the popular vote that this category will result in five nominees; the first since 2020. Last year, for example, there were six nominees, with Baby Reindeer ultimately prevailing.

In the limited-series race, there are several shows with writers who scripted all their episodes and thus must enter their entire series: Adolescence by Jack Thorne and star Stephen Graham, Disclaimer by Alfonso Cuarón, and Dope Thief by Peter Craig. With Adolescence being the front-runner to win Best Limited since its premiere, the Netflix psychological crime drama is a lock for a writing bid. The other two,...

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It seems like that the craze of true crime is nowhere near over and it is incredibly evident by the massive success of Netflix’s true crime anthology series Monsters, and it is because of this success, the streaming giant has decided to renew the true crime drama series for a fourth before its Season 3 premiere in 2025.

With Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan returning as head writers and Max Winkler returning to direct, the upcoming Season 4 about The Lizzie Borden case is set to begin principal photography in Los Angeles in September this year.

Until now, Monsters has tackled two popular true crime stories, including the disturbing case of serial killer and sex offender Jeffrey Dahmer and the equally disturbing story of the Menendez brothers, who killed their parents in their own home, but the whole truth is even more stomach-turning.

The crime drama anthology series Monster on Netflix has been a success from the very beginning when the story first focused on Jeffrey Dahmer. Then season 2 shifted the tale to the Menendez Brothers, and viewers continued to tune in. It's become one of the most viewed shows for the streamer. We've got Monster season 3 to look forward to this year, and apparently the show already has more coming our way.

According to reports circulating around, the Netflix series, created by Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan, has reportedly been renewed for Monster season 4, and it's going to focus on a female killer for the first time. Netflix has not confirmed the renewal news as of this writing. However, Variety reports that casting the lead role is currently underway and production is looking at starting to film in the fall.

The third season, which is expected to premiere sometime in 2025, is centered around serial killer Ed Gein,...

The ten-episode series Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (read our review Here) was such a huge success for the Netflix streaming service back in 2022 that Netflix ordered two more seasons of the show from its creators, Ian Brennan and American Horror Story co-creator Ryan Murphy. Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story was released less than a year ago, and has had quite an impact on the real lives of the title characters. Right before that season premiered last September, it was announced that Sons of Anarchy‘s Charlie Hunnam had signed on to play murderer and graverobber Ed Gein in Monster season 3 (which is apparently called The Original Monster). Although that season doesn’t have a premiere date, it’s expected to be streaming by the end of the year. Now, Variety hears that Monster season 4 is already in the works, even though no official season 4 renewal has been announced,...

The Ryan Murphy anthology series Monsterhas reportedly found its new subject for season 4. Co-created by Murphy and Ian Brennan, each season of the series focuses on a different murderer. Season 1 was titled Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, with season 2 as Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story. Both seasons that have been released have been met with controversy.

Now, Variety is reporting that Monster season 4 will center on Lizzie Borden. At the time of writing, season 4 has not been officially renewed, with representatives for Netflix and Murphy declining to comment to Variety. The season will reportedly begin filming in the fall with no release window or casting announced.

What This Means For Monster Season 4 The Season Will Go Further Back In Time

Monster season 3 will go back before the events of Jeffrey Dahmer and the Menendez Brothers. The upcoming installment will star Charlie Hunnam as the infamous killer Ed Gein.

Ahead of the premiere of Monster Season 3, Netflix is already prepping a fourth installment of the true-crime franchise from creators/executive producers Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan, sources confirm to Deadline. It will tell the story of Lizzie Borden, who was tried and acquitted of the 1892 axe murders of her father and stepmother in Fall River, Massachusetts.

Casting for the lead role is currently underway, with the new season eying a fall start of production, sources said. Reps for Netflix declined comment.

The Borden murders and trial received extensive nationwide publicity in the U.S. and have remained part of American popular culture in the decades since. Lizzie Borden has been depicted in numerous film, television and theater adaptations, most recently in Lifetime’s The Lizzie Borden Chronicles starring Christina Ricci, and the 2018 feature film Lizzie starring Chloë Sevigny and Kristen Stewart.

That was also the case with the second Monster installment,...

“Monster” Season 3 has yet to set a premiere date, but Season 4 of the hit Netflix anthology series is already in the works.

Variety has learned from sources that a fourth season focused on the Lizzie Borden case is currently prepping for a potential fall shoot, though no official Season 4 renewal has been announced at this time.

Reps for Netflix and Murphy declined to comment.

Borden lived in Massachusetts in the late 1800s. In 1892, she was accused of murdering both her father and her stepmother with an axe at their shared home. Borden was eventually acquitted of the crimes, but the brutal nature of the murders attracted nationwide attention and contributed to Borden’s place in popular culture.

The case has been the subject of numerous adaptations across a wide variety of media. Recent examples include “The Lizzie Borden Chronicles” TV series starring Christina Ricci and the film “Lizzie” starring Chloë Sevigny and Kristen Stewart.

Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan's Monster Season 3 has yet to land on Netflix, but we're already learning what we can expect from the fourth season of the popular anthology series. According to Nexus Point News, production for Monster Season 4 is set to begin this Fall, with that installment reportedly focusing on the infamous Lizzie Borden murders.

The Lizzie Borden murders refer to the infamous axe slayings of Andrew and Abby Borden that occurred in 1982 in Fall River, Massachusetts. Andrew was Lizzie's father, and was found brutally murdered in the downstairs of their home, while his wife, and Lizzie's stepmother, Abby, was found upstairs. Lizzie became the main suspect and was tried for the homicides, but was acquitted of the crimes by a jury. Though she was found not guilty, many thought she was responsible for the murders, on account of her reportedly attempting to purchase poison the day before...

An update has been revealed for the future of Ryan Murphy's Monster on Netflix. The news comes ahead of the arrival of the third season, which will feature Charlie Hunnam.

According to a new report by Nexus Point News, Monster Season 4 is already in early development with plans to start filming in Los Angeles this fall. The fourth season will reportedly adapt the story of the Lizzie Borden murders, focusing on Borden, her father, stepmother, and housekeeper. No one has yet been cast in these roles. Showrunner and executive producer Ian Brennan is set to write the season alongside Murphy.

Lizzie Borden infamously went on trial for the killings of her father and stepmother in 1892; the couple had been slaughtered with an axe. She was ultimately acquitted, but became forever known for the incident. The story of Borden has endured through pop culture, having been retold through film, TV,...

Music supervisor is a job that is part professional music nerd, part aural detective and part crate-digging business affairs exec. 5 Songs is a Deadline series that highlights the work of these below the line workers through songs and stories.

Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story chronicles the case of the real-life brothers who were convicted in 1996 for the murders of their parents, José and Mary Louise “Kitty” Menendez.

While the prosecution argued they were seeking to inherit their family fortune, the brothers claimed – and remain adamant to this day, as they serve life sentences without the possibility of parole – that their actions stemmed out of fear from a lifetime of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse at the hands of their parents.

The series stars Cooper Koch as Erik Menendez and Nicolas Chavez as Lyle as well as Javier Bardem and Chloe Sevigny as their murdered parents. Ari Graynor plays...

"Do you understand the fact that this really is about real people?"

That was the questioned posed by 15-time Oscar-nominee Thomas Newman to his daughter and fellow composer, Julia Newman, as she crafted the score for Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story. It was a fair question, considering Julia wasn't old enough to remember the headlines about brothers Lyle (Nicholas Alexander Chavez) and Erik Menendez (Cooper Koch), who in 1989 murdered their wealthy parents, José (Javier Bardem) and Kitty (Chloë Sevigny). As Julia told Gold Derby, it was important to "take a step back and understand that even though this is a dramatization, it's a dramatization based on real people."

Julia collaborated with her father in writing the score for Monsters, the second installment of Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan's anthology series that peels back the layers of salacious true-crime stories. "We wanted to honor that it was real,...

Truth is indeed stranger than fiction — which makes true crime incredibly fertile ground for generating compelling ideas for TV series. But it also brings its own set of complications, where showrunners have to toe a careful line when dealing with real-life characters.

Here, the executive producers behind three of the season's news-inspired series — Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story's Ian Brennan, Good American Family's Katie Robbins, and Apple Cider Vinegar's Samantha Strauss — reveal how they navigated those landmines to critical and commercial success.

Gold Derby: What made you want to take on these complex projects?

Ian Brennan: I wasn't actually convinced at first. We were trying to follow Dahmer, and those are big shoes to fill. And my level of detail about the Menendez brothers was really minimal. I remember them being caricatured on Saturday Night Live for crying on the witness stand. It was not articulated at...

Ryan Murphy has a wicked knack for discovering fresh talent.

Take Darren Criss: starts on Glee, then wins an Emmy for The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story. Or Evan Peters, who wowed audiences in American Horror Story and then rocked the world with his highly acclaimed, Emmy-nominated performance in Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story. Now, with the -nominated Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, it’s time for Cooper Koch and Nicholas Alexander Chavez to take the spotlight.

The second installment in Murphy and co-creator Ian Brennan’s Monster anthology series chronicles the case of the real-life brothers (played by Koch as Erik and Chavez as Lyle) who were convicted in 1996 for the murders of their parents, José and Mary Louise “Kitty” Menendez (played by Javier Bardem and Chloë Sevigny). While the prosecution argued Erik and Lyle were seeking to inherit their family fortune, the brothers...

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Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, the second installment in Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s true-crime Netflix anthology, re-examines the 1996 conviction of Lyle and Erik Menendez for the murders of their parents, José and Mary Louise “Kitty” Menendez. The narrative presents a stark contrast: the prosecution’s claim of a cold-blooded pursuit of the family fortune versus the brothers’ unwavering assertion that their actions were driven by fear stemming from years of physical, emotional and sexual abuse by their parents. The series doesn’t shy away from exploring the intricacies of the brothers’ unusually close bond, further investigating the possibility that years of molestation led to incest.

Episode 5, “The Hurt Man,” centers entirely on Erik Menendez (Cooper Koch) as he recounts the horrific abuse he suffered from his father,...

Whatta night! Producers and showrunners from “The Last of Us,” “Severance,” “Paradise,” “The Pitt,” “Nobody Wants This,” “Abbott Elementary,” “Hacks,” “Monsters: The Lyle & Erik Menendez Story,” “The Penguin” and more shows swapped stories at Variety’s A Night in the Writers’ Room event on June 5 at the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills.

For the first time, we collected the audio from the evening’s three panels devoted to drama, comedy and limited series, and included them as a bonus edition of the Variety Awards Circuit Podcast. Listen below!

Congrats to associate publisher Donna Pennestri and her team for organizing a great event, which boasted three lively panels as moderated by Emily Longeretta, Jazz Tangcay and Michael Schneider.

This past year has presented us with an ever-changing landscape in our industry. Writers are pushing boundaries, telling diverse stories, and exploring new formats that captivate viewers in ways we could only dream of a decade ago.

“Dying for Sex” co-creators, executive producers and writers Elizabeth Meriwether and Kim Rosenstock knew that establishing the tone of the show was always going to be hard.

The limited series starring Michelle Williams and Jenny Slate is based on the true story of Molly Kochan, a young woman who is diagnosed with stage IV cancer. Together with her best friend Nikki Boyer, the two start a podcast about her journey.

Molly, played by Williams in the show, doesn’t plan on having a sexual awakening, but she does. And as she battles her illness, she explores her sexual desires and fetishes, empowering herself. Speaking during Variety‘s A Night in the Writers’ Room Limited Series panel, Meriweather said, “We decided to focus on the humanity of the characters and really not try to think about genre that much.”

While the earlier episodes were structured around a comedic tone, Meriweather explained...

Cooper Koch believes he was fated to play Erik Menendez — even if it took almost a decade for it to happen. Years before the latest installment in Netflix’s “Monster” anthology series, the actor had unsuccessfully auditioned for the same role in two previous television retellings: NBC’s “Law & Order: True Crime” and Lifetime’s “Menendez: Blood Brothers,” both released in 2017. He felt compassion for Erik and his brother, Lyle, so when he heard about “Monsters,” he was determined to land the part.

“I was getting another chance to be a part of telling their story,” Koch said. “Having it come back around, it was just kismet. I was like, ‘Ok, this is my time to get this job.’”

“Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” dramatizes the infamous 1989 parricides of José and Kitty Menendez (Javier Bardem and Chloë Sevigny) and the media circus surrounding the murder trials of Lyle and Erik,...

Exclusive: Verve has signed actress January Jones for representation.

Jones is best known for her role as Betty Draper, wife of Jon Hamm’s ad man Don Draper, on AMC’s drama Mad Men, for which she earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series and two Golden Globe nominations for Best Actress – Television Series Drama over the course of seven seasons. Her character, the poised yet complex suburban housewife of the 1960s, is one of the most enduring and talked about roles in modern television history.

Jones is otherwise best known for starring opposite Will Forte in Fox’s cult hit comedy The Last Man on Earth, which ran for four seasons. In television, she’s more recently been seen on Netflix’s The Politician, from creators Ian Brennan, Brad Falchuk, and Ryan Murphy.

Up next, Jones will appear in the A24 horror flick Altar,...

Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story stars Cooper Koch and Nicholas Alexander Chavez had no idea just how much of an impact the show would have on pop culture — and in the real world — when they took on the roles of the convicted killers.

"The fact that this show reframed or repositioned a 30-year-old case in a way that made people rethink how they thought about it, that's just, it's so, so special," Chavez told Gold Derby at an FYC event for the series at West Hollywood’s Pacific Design Center.

The second season of Ryan Murphy’s Monsters anthology dominated the conversation both online and offline when it premiered on Netflix last fall, introducing a new generation to the Menendez brothers’ brutal 1989 killing of their parents in their Beverly Hills home. The series also reignited interest in the pair’s court case — culminating in the brothers’ May 13 resentencing...

Nicholas Alexander Chavez and Cooper Koch are stepping out to promote their Netflix series.

The actors attended the FYC event for their show Monsters: The Lyle And Erik Menendez Story on Tuesday (May 20) held at the Pacific Designer Center in West Hollywood, Calif.

Joining them at the event was there co-star Ari Graynor along with co-showrunner Ian Brennan.

While walking the red carpet, Cooper, 28, revealed that he just spoke with his real-life counterpart Erik after a judge ruled that he and brother Lyle could be re-sentenced in their murder case.

Keep reading to find out more…“I’m so grateful that that happened,” Cooper told Variety. “And so is Erik, I spoke to him yesterday and he is so excited.”

Copoer went on to say that “the most inspiring” thing he heard from Erik was his passion for what he plans on doing if he gets released from prison, which...

Cooper Koch, who starred as Erik Menendez in “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story,” opened up about his conversation with his real-life counterpart after a Los Angeles judge recently reduced the life sentences of the Menendez brothers.

“I’m so grateful that that happened,” Koch said of the resentencing at a “Monsters” FYC event Tuesday. “And so is Erik [Menendez], I spoke to him yesterday and he is so excited.”

Cooper Koch on the Menendez brothers’ resentencing: “I actually spoke to Erik yesterday.” pic.twitter.com/1jUpNVePhD

— Variety (@Variety) May 21, 2025

Koch went on to say that “the most inspiring” thing he heard from Erik Menendez was his passion for what he plans to do after he gets out, which includes working towards “a lot of change in the prison system.”

“He is going to be an advocate for other people who have L.W.O.P, which is life without parole,...

Exclusive: 20-year motion picture agent Harley Copen is making a transition into management, moving from CAA to 3 Arts Entertainment.

At CAA, Copen represented a diverse array of artists across film and television, including Patrick Aison, Scott Beck & Bryan Woods, Neill Blomkamp, Ian Brennan, Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Lauren Iungerich, Greg Jardin, Jenny Lumet, Regina King, Ana Nogueira, Jack Paglen, Noah Oppenheim, Matthew Robinson, Burk Sharpless & Matt Sazama, Dan Trachtenberg, Sam Wrench, Greg Yaitanes, and many others.

Copen came to CAA following the agency’s $750 million acquisition of ICM Partners, where he was a Partner and Co-Head of Motion Picture Literary. He began his career at Broder Webb Chervin Silbermann in 2001.

“I am eternally grateful for my time at CAA and cannot wait to work with my friends at 3 Arts,” Copen said in a statement to Deadline. “I am so proud of the many artist’s careers in which we have made a positive impact,...

Nearly 12 years later, Lea Michele recently reflected on the 2013 death of her Glee co-star and late boyfriend Cory Monteith.

The 2x Golden Globe nominee explained that she “just completely broke” after Monteith died at age 31 of combined heroin and alcohol toxicity, noting that her relationship with her co-stars felt “really fractured” following his death.

“I was 26 and no one handed me a guidebook. It was a fast education on more stuff than I could ever even process,” she said on the Therapuss podcast of grieving in the public eye.

“If we didn’t show up for work then people wouldn’t have work to go to,” added Michele. “And that was a lot of pressure for me, so I had to put my stuff aside and just show up, so that everybody could continue to work.”

When asked if Monteith’s death brought the cast closer together, she explained, “I...

Leslie Abramson — or at least her TV surrogate — is stepping into the spotlight.

Ari Graynor, who plays the defense attorney in Netflix's Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, will be submitting as Lead Actress in a Limited Series or TV Movie for the upcoming Emmy Awards, Gold Derby has learned exclusively.

Graynor stars opposite Javier Bardem, Chloë Sevigny, Cooper Koch, and Nicholas Alexander Chavez, in the true-crime anthology series created by Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan, chronicling the murders of José and Kitty Menendez at the hands of their sons, Lyle (Chavez) and Erik (Koch).

Like many series this season, Monsters experimented with single-take episodes to tremendous success — critics called it "a standout — earning Graynor raves as well. In Episode 5, titled "The Hurt Man," she's seen only from the back as she talks to Erik about the abuse he endured at the hands of his parents.

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Cooper Koch is embracing the fame and media frenzy that came his way after portraying Erik Menendez in Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.

"The attention and the validation — just hearing so many people like the show and were moved by the performance is amazing. I feel so lucky and grateful," Koch tells Gold Derby (watch the video interview above).

Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story is the second season of the true-crime anthology series created by Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan for Netflix. This season centers on the 1989 parricides of José (Javier Bardem) and Kitty Menendez (Chloë Sevigny) by their sons, Lyle (Nicholas Alexander Chavez) and Erik (Koch).

Koch credits the Emmy-winning first season, The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, for paving the way for audiences to embrace Monsters. "A lot of people watched that show and were fascinated by what he [Ryan Murphy] was doing with this series. I knew...

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When we say that Netflix has something for everyone, we do mean that because the horror sub-genre of serial killers has always been popular among audiences, making a good show on this topic is pretty hard. That’s why we had to scour through Netflix’s huge library of content to find the best of the best. So, here are the 10 best serial killer shows on Netflix you should watch right now.

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Marcella is a British Nordic noir crime thriller drama series created by Hans Rosenfeldt and Nicola Larder. The Netflix series follows Marcella Backland, a former police detective, as she returns to work to investigate a series of connected murders to find the killer. Marcella stars Anna Friel, Nicholas Pinnock, Ray Panthaki, Jack Doolan, Jamie Bamber, Nina Sosanya, Charlie Covell, Sophia Brown, Amanda Burton,...

In 2022, Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan teamed up to create the chilling miniseries Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, which would go on to haunt viewers’ nightmares and inspire controversial Halloween costumes for years to come. While the duo had previously dabbled in the disturbed, collaborating on Scream Queens and, in Murphy’s case, co-creating American Horror Story with Brad Falchuk, this newest project marked a whole new level of exploration. Originally conceived as a limited series focused on Jeffrey Dahmer, the breakout hit tapped into the pervasive fascination with serial killers. This success led to its promotion from a limited series to an ongoing anthology, with the second installment, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, following two years later. For its third season, Monster shifts to its next subject: Ed Gein, set to be portrayed by Charlie Hunnam. As fans anticipate what looks to be the most unsettling entry yet,...

Jessica Lange played the role of Constance Langdon in the first season of the FX horror anthology series American Horror Story, then returned to play Sister Jude Martin in season 2, Fiona Goode in season 3, and Elsa Mars in season 4, before reprising the role of Constance Langdon in season 8. Overall, she has been in 53 episodes of the show – and as far as she’s concerned, that’s enough. She has no interest in returning to the series.

The next season of American Horror Story will be the show’s thirteenth. FX ordered season 13 at the same time they ordered season 11 (which aired in 2022) and season 12 (which aired from 2023 into ’24) – and even though there’s no word on when we can expect to see the season, there’s already a lot of speculation going around that season 13 is going to be the end of the show. But not even that idea is...

Glee was a 2009 show that followed a high school Glee club at McKinley High School, Ohio, experiencing various trials and tribulations from teen pregnancy to sexuality and identity. Led by former Glee member Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison), the group faced ostracization from their peers, the bullying of the cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch), and numerous slushies to the face.

Like many a TV show, the series' cast of alums has shrunk over the years - though with Glee, those numbers have shrunken surprisingly rapidly despite the relatively young age of its main cast. There’s a great deal of grief in re-watching the series, but also joy, as Glee alum Harry Shum Jr. noted on the Call It What It Is podcast (via Entertainment Weekly).

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Netflix's third season of Monster, which is believed to be titled The Original Monster, will focus on the story of Ed Gein, the murderer and necrophile also known as the "Butcher of Plainfield." He will be portrayed by Sons of Anarchy star Charlie Hunnam, marking what could be the most challenging role for the actor yet.

Ahead of the show's arrival on Netflix, several of Charlie Hunnam's co-stars have been revealed. The latest addition to the cast, per Deadline, is Suzanna Son, who will be playing an unnamed series regular role. Son had a major role in the short-lived Euphoria offshoot, The Idol, which ran for one season on HBO. She also had a memorable role in the film Red Rocket and is set to appear in the upcoming Netflix horror movie Fear Street: Prom Queen, coming to the streaming platform this summer. Son is also known for her...

Exclusive: Ryan Murphy’s latest installment of his Netflix Monster anthology series, has cast Suzanna Son in a series regular role, sources tell Deadline.

Although details regarding who she will play and the Season 3 plot are under wraps, it will focus on suspected serial killer Ed Gein, to be portrayed by Charlie Hunnam. Known as the Butcher of Plainfield or the Plainfield Ghoul, Gein confessed to murdering two women in the 1950s and also allegedly made trophies out of bodies and skin of corpses he exhumed from graveyards. Gein’s story inspired the Leatherface character in Tobe Hooper’s 1974 horror classic The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

Murphy and Ian Brennan created Monster. The original installment was No. 3 on Netflix’s Top 10 list of its most popular English-language programs.

Son is a trained pianist, dancer and vocalist who made her acting debut opposite Simon Rex in Sean Baker’s Red Rocket,...

The ten-episode series Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (read our review Here) was such a huge success for the Netflix streaming service back in 2022 that Netflix ordered two more seasons of the show from its creators, Ian Brennan and American Horror Story co-creator Ryan Murphy. Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story was recently released, and has had quite an impact on the real lives of the title characters… and right before that season premiered in September, it was announced that Sons of Anarchy‘s Charlie Hunnam had signed on to play murderer and graverobber Ed Gein in Monster season 3. As it turns out, Monster season 3 (which is apparently called The Original Monster) is expected to reach Netflix by the end of 2025 – and industry scooper The InSneider reports that singer / TikTok celebrity Addison Rae (Thanksgiving) and Suzanna Son are the latest additions to the cast. Information on the...

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Glee is a cultural phenomenon.

The iconic series, created by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, and Ian Brennan, debuted on Fox in May of 2009 and continued through March of 2015.

The show follows the lives of New Directions glee club members and their teachers at William McKinley High School, gaining huge TV success and impacting the music industry with millions of single and album sales, live concerts, and concert films.

Since the show, many of the cast members have gone on to achieve great things in their careers and accumulate impressive wealth.

We rounded up the main cast of Glee, and ranked them from the lowest to the highest estimated net worth.

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Monsters: The Lyle And Erik Menendez Story creator, co-writer and director Ian Brennan opened up about the latest real-life developments of the Menendez brothers’ resentencing hearing on the red carpet at the Golden Globes on Sunday.

“The things that will be reexamined when their sentencing is looked at is not stuff we uncovered.” Brennan said. “That’s been in the public eye for years now. It just shows the power of what a television show can do to shine a light on things.”

Netflix’s Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story takes a dive into the historic 1989 case, in which, Jose and Kitty Menendez (Javier Bardem and Chloë Sevigny), were gunned down in their homes by their two sons (Cooper Koch and Nicholas Alexander Chavez). The case took the world by storm and kickstarted audiences’ modern-day fascinations with true crime stories.

Erik and Lyle Menendez will have to wait until Jan.