In the wake of “Ratched,” we’ve learned this weekend via Deadline that Ryan Murphy has set up his next project at Netflix, a limited series about serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer.
From Murphy and co-creator Ian Brennan comes “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story,” which has just been given a green light by the streaming service.
“Monster chronicles the story of one of America’s most notorious serial killers, largely told from the point of view of Dahmer’s victims, and dives deeply into the police incompetence and apathy that allowed the Wisconsin native to go on a multiyear killing spree. The series dramatizes at least 10 instances where Dahmer was almost apprehended but ultimately let go. The series also is expected to touch on white privilege, as Dahmer, a clean-cut, good-looking white guy, was repeatedly given a free pass by cops as well as by judges who were lenient when he had been charged with petty crimes.”
Richard Jenkins (The Shape of Water) is on board to play Dahmer’s father, and the search is currently underway for the actor who will be playing Dahmer himself.
Deadline notes, “The 10-episode limited series spans the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s and ends with Dahmer’s arrest in the early ’90s.”
Janet Mock (“Pose”) is writing/directing, with Carl Franklin (“Mindhunter”) also directing.
Dahmer was most recently played by Ross Lynch in 2017’s My Friend Dahmer.