Melissa McCarthy and Clive Owen will play the parents of JonBenet Ramsey, the girl whose 1996 murder case remains unsolved
An eight-episode limited series that will explore the 1996 murder of six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey is coming to Paramount+. Melissa McCarthy and Clive Owen will star as Patsy and John Bennett Ramsey, parents of the child beauty queen whose murder remains unsolved, the streaming giant announced on Thursday, September 5.
“JonBenét Ramsey continues to be one of the country's most fascinating unsolved murders,” Jeff Grossman, Executive Vice President, Programming, Paramount+, said in a release. “The incredible talent of Melissa McCarthy, Clive Owen and the creative team led by Richard LaGravenese will illuminate her story with the acuity and nuance it deserves.
“At the heart of the series, it is the story of Patsy and John Ramsey – exploring the unbreakable partnership of these two complex people – as husband and wife, as mother and father – who had committed themselves and their children to building the narrative of a perfect, privileged life only to have it destroyed one Christmas night in 1996,” the release reads.So far, we know McCarthy and Owen will star as Patsy and John respectively.
MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios will produce the series with Anne Sewitsky directing four episodes and serving as executive producer. She will work alongside EP Richard LaGravenese , who is also the showrunner.
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