FearStreet helmer Leigh Janiak is attached to direct two episodes of The Staircase, HBO Max’s limited series drama adaptation based on the true-crime docuseries
The eight-episode series fromwriter Maggie Cohn explores the life of Michael Peterson , his sprawling North Carolina family and the suspicious death of his wife, Kathleen . Campos is directing six of the eight episodes.
The series is based on the docuseries and various books and reports on the case of Michael Peterson, who was convicted in 2003 of murdering Kathleen two years earlier. The charge was reduced to manslaughter in 2017, and Peterson subsequently was released from prison. He had claimed his wife died after falling down the stairs at their home after consuming alcohol and Valium, but an autopsy concluded she died from multiple injuries, including blows to the back of her head with a blunt object.
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