Prime Video is taking an enormous step into true crime.
The Amazon-owned streamer has ordered a documentary sequence concerning the 2022 College of Idaho murders and the investigation, arrest and upcoming trial of Bryan Kohberger in reference to the case. The sequence, from Skydance Tv and Story Syndicate, relies on an upcoming nonfiction e book by best-selling writer James Patterson and journalist Vicky Ward.
Liz Garbus (Misplaced Ladies, I’ll Be Gone within the Darkish) and Matthew Galkin (Homicide within the Bayou) are set to co-direct the docuseries. Amazon MGM Studios, Skydance and Story Syndicate are additionally growing a scripted sequence primarily based on the case, with Garbus connected to helm the primary episode.
The sequence may even function interviews with the mom and stepfather of sufferer Madison Mogen and the household of Ethan Chapin. Mogen, Chapin, Kaylee Goncalves and Xana Kernodle have been killed in an residence in Moscow, Idaho, in November 2022; Kohberger was later charged with the murders. He’s scheduled to go to trial in 2025.
“We are honored that the Chapin and Laramie families have decided to exclusively collaborate with us to shine a light on the personal stories of Ethan and Madison, as well as Xana and Kaylee,” Garbus and Galkin mentioned in an announcement. “Our unparalleled access to the families and closest friends will allow us to paint intimate and authentic portraits of all four victims and their lives at the University of Idaho, which were so tragically cut short. We couldn’t ask for better partners than Skydance and James Patterson Entertainment to help bring the definitive telling of this important story to the world.”
Added Skydance TV president Matt Thunell, “The events that transpired in Moscow, Idaho shocked the world and left many unanswered questions,. With Liz Garbus and James Patterson at the helm, and with the involvement of the Chapin and Laramie families, we will shed new light on these horrific murders and honor the four innocent lives that were taken too soon.”
Each the docuseries and the potential scripted sequence stem from Patterson’s first-look deal with Skydance TV. The corporate can also be producing Prime Video’s Cross, primarily based on Patterson’s Alex Cross novels and starring Aldis Hodge, together with Paramount Tv Studios.
Skydance’s David Ellison, Dana Goldberg Matt Thunell are government producing with Patterson, Invoice Robinson and Patrick Santa for James Patterson Leisure; Garbus, Dan Cogan, Jon Bardin and Kate Barry for Story Syndicate; and Galkin by way of his Fairhaven firm.
