It’s been called “The Trial of the Century”: After the Netflix documentary, a TV series is being made about this great American criminal.

If you followed legal news in the United States last year, you’ve probably already heard about the Murdow case. The patriarch of this dynasty and famous lawyer Alex Murdow was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2021 for the murder of his wife and one of his two sons.

Today we study term that the Hulu platform is preparing a series adapted from this legal case. Actor Jason Clarke has been cast as the convict, and Patricia Arquette will play his murdered partner.

This project, which does not yet have an official title, shows us how this family was built around deception. Alex Murdow seemed to have it all: wealth, status and privilege in Hampton County, South Carolina, where four generations of Murdows built a sprawling legal dynasty.

But when a fatal accident puts Alex, his wife Maggie, and their sons Buster and Paul in the spotlight, Murdough’s facade of omnipotence begins to crumble, prompting Alex to take even more desperate measures to preserve and protect the family name. dark secrets.

Before the series, a Netflix documentary

Before Hulu addressed the story, Netflix already addressed the issue with a two-part documentary released last year. Titled Blood of the Murdoughs: Scandal in South Carolina and rated 3.7/5 on AlloCiné, it reveals the family’s horrific secrets. The second season included what the US media at the time called “the trial of the century”.

First of all, this documentary allows us to discover that this is not the first crime committed by a member of the Murdow family, and that the father was willing to do anything to protect his name. Add to that some scams and financial embezzlement and you have a perfect example of a wealthy criminal who thinks he is above the law.

If the Hulu series is good, then it might be interesting. But we’ll have to wait until 2025 or even 2026 to find out.