Patrick Schwarzenegger to Play Todd Peterson in HBO Max’s Scripted ‘The Staircase’ Series
thewrap.comdirected by Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, was released in 2004 and updated with information in 2013 and again in 2018, when it was released as a Netflix documentary.Here is how HBO Max describes its scripted adaptation: “Adapting the true crime docuseries ‘The Staircase’ and various books and reports on the case, ‘The Staircase’ is an exploration of the life of Michael Peterson, his sprawling North Carolina family, and the suspicious death of his wife, Kathleen Peterson.”The Max original is co-produced by Annapurna Television.
The series is written and executive produced by showrunners Antonio Campos and Maggie Cohn. Campos will direct six of the eight episodes.A scripted adaptation of “The Staircase” had been in active development at Annapurna.
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