‘Murdaugh Murders’ Producer Erin Lee Carr Signs First-Look Deal With UCP
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Erin Lee Carr has inked a first-look deal with Universal Content Productions to develop and produce projects across platforms.
Carr is currently co-creating Hulu and UCP’s Murdaugh Murders series alongside Michael D. Fuller. Nick Antsoca and Alex Hedlund also executive produce via their Eat the Cat banner.
The series, based on Mandy Matney’s popular Murdaugh Murders podcast, aims to be the definitive account of Alex Murdaugh, a member of the prominent South Carolina legal family who has faced dozens of embezzlement and other criminal charges.
Here’s the official logline from UCP: “The series will be based on Alex Murdaugh’s stranger-than-fiction family drama, a riveting account drawing from countless hours of reporting by Matney, as well as exclusive, insider knowledge from years spent following the case.” Carr is known for her splashy documentaries, which have included HBO’s Undercurrent: The Disappearance of Kim Wall.
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