The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox and More TV Dramas Inspired by True Crime Cases
The Hulu miniseries follows Amanda Knox's fight against wrongful conviction following the 2007 murder of Meredith Kercher, highlighting her activism against judicial malpractice.
- On Aug. 20, The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox premieres on Hulu and Disney+ in Italy, dramatizing her wrongful conviction and nearly two decades of fighting to reclaim her name in an eight-episode series.
- Amanda Knox's legal battle began when she and Raffaele Sollecito were convicted in Meredith Kercher's 2007 killing in Perugia, Italy, but courts later cleared Knox and the European Court of Human Rights found her interrogation violated her rights.
- Based on Amanda Knox's 2013 memoir Waiting to Be Heard, the series features Grace Van Patten portraying Knox at ages 20 and 35, with Knox and Monica Lewinsky as executive producers.
- The project gave Knox an opportunity to reclaim her narrative, highlighting her roles as a journalist, author and activist campaigning against wrongful convictions while the series blends fact and drama to examine public opinion's role.
- On Aug. 20 the series began its rollout on Hulu with two episodes, continuing a Wednesday weekly rollout until the finale on October 1, nearly two decades after Knox first made headlines.
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