True crime exhibits – each scripted and unscripted – have change into fairly in style. (There are even some high quality ones on the 2024 TV schedule.) One other scripted collection set inside this style is now within the works, and it’s primarily based on the case of Amanda Knox – who was acquitted within the homicide of her roommate, Meredith Kercher. As of late, the streaming present has been filming in Perugia, which is town the place Kercher was murdered. Now, although, it might appear that various the locals aren’t happy with that.
Filming for the collection – which is ready up at Hulu and allegedly titled Blue Moon – reportedly moved to the Italian metropolis of Perugia final week. Apparently, members of the neighborhood take difficulty with this, as they really feel it’s thoughtless of Meredith Kercher’s reminiscence. Selection stories that individuals within the space even donned banners that learn “Rispetto per Meredith,” which interprets to “Respect for Meredith.” As of this writing, neither the streamer nor Amanda Knox (who serves as an EP on the present) have publicly commented on the matter.
A press release, nevertheless, did come from Vittoria Ferdinandi, the mayor of the aforementioned metropolis in Italy. The politician wrote a letter to residents, and it was revealed in native newspapers. Not solely did Ferdinandi apologize to them for the choice to permit the present to movie on the town, however she additionally defined her reasoning for the selection:
We may haven’t approved the filming of 5 scenes in Perugia, however they’d have been filmed in every other city in our area. We believed that permitting [the scenes] to be filmed right here would supply us a component of better assure and management as a result of – as we requested – we’re capable of view and authorize each scene.
Seattle native Amanda Knox – who was 20 on the time of British alternate pupil Miranda Kercher’s homicide – was initially sentenced to 26 years in jail by an Italian court docket in 2009. Her then-boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, was additionally accused of being concerned within the homicide and sentenced to 25 years. In time, Rudy Guede was discovered responsible of sexually assaulting and murdering Kercher, and each Knox and Sollecito have been exonerated by the court docket in 2015.
Hulu’s upcoming restricted collection is ready to run for eight episodes and can star Grace Van Patten as Ms. Knox and Giuseppe De Domenico as Mr. Sollecito. This isn’t the primary time that Knox’s story has been dramatized in some type. 2011 noticed the debut of Amanda Knox: Homicide on Trial in Italy, a manufacturing from Lifetime (which deliberate to replace the movie after the acquittals). Drama movie The Face of an Angel was launched in 2014 and directed by Michael Winterbottom, who opted to not deal with the homicide as a lot as he did the individuals concerned. It’s additionally believed that Matt Damon’s reasonably reviewed 2021 drama Stillwater drew inspiration from Knox’s story, and he or she took difficulty with that.
Primarily based on Selection’s report, regardless of the backlash it doesn’t appear that the streaming present will see any form of delays. What’s additionally unclear is how for much longer principal pictures is ready to proceed. That apart, although, it might be cheap to imagine that this system may land an end-of-year slot on the 2025 TV schedule.
Those that’d wish to see the Amanda Knox-centered collection each time it debuts will wish to have a Hulu subscription in order that they will stream it.