Elizabeth Olsen to Star in New Ax-Murder Series
by EG
WandaVision star Elizabeth Olsen is set to star in a new HBO Max series about a lurid 1980s murder case. The new series will be produced by David E. Kelley and Nicole Kidman, who previously worked together on HBO's Big Little Lies. Olsen's new series will be the second series based on the true-crime story. The Handmaid's Tale star Elisabeth Moss will star in another. Read on for details.
WandaVision star Elizabeth Olsen is headed to HBO Max for her next TV project.
Olsen will topline Love and Death, a limited series about a notorious murder in Texas in 1980. The series from Lionsgate Television counts David E. Kelley, Nicole Kidman and director Lesli Linka Glatter among its producing team.
Olsen will play Candy Montgomery, who was convicted of murdering her neighbor and friend, Betty Gore, with an ax.
"This is a gripping story about the frustrations and desires of two women in a small town that culminates in a terrible act of violence," said HBO Max head of original content Sarah Aubrey. "We are thrilled to be partnering with David, Lesli, Nicole, and Per [Saari] and incredibly fortunate to have Elizabeth at the center of our story to bring out all the layers of Candy that make this story so unforgettable."
Love and Death is the second project about the Montgomery-Gore case to attract a high-profile star. Elisabeth Moss is attached to star in Candy, a limited series that's in development at Universal Studio Group's UCP from The Act's Robin Veith and Nick Antosca.
Love and Death is based on the book Evidence of Love: A True Story of Passion and Death in the Suburbs by John Bloom and Jim Atkinson and a two-part Texas Monthly series by the same authors, "Love & Death in Silicon Prairie."
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