A TV dramatisation of Amanda Knox’s incredible true story is coming to Disney+ this summer.
The series will portray her journey to prove her innocence after being wrongfully imprisoned for her roommate’s murder while studying abroad in Italy. She was convicted in 2007 and was finally acquitted by Italy’s highest court eight years later in 2015.
Grace Van Patten (Tell Me Lies, Nine Perfect Strangers) will portray Knox, and in a new teaser can be heard saying: “Many people think they know my story, but now it’s my turn to tell it”.
This Is Us producer and writer KJ Steinberg will be creator and executive producer for the show, while both Knox herself and Monica Lewinsky are on board as executive producers as well.
“Monica Lewinsky and Amanda Knox were partnered on this before I ever was approached,” Steinberg explained in an interview with Entertainment Weekly. “And I have such deep respect for both of them, and obviously, they have some common trauma.
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“The commonality that they have that I see: They’re both extraordinary women, both brilliant, both resilient, and pretty miraculous, as far as I’m concerned. I don’t know that I could have survived what either of them went through. And they are both very joyful people, despite everything, and very, very committed to changing the corrupt way that we look at, I think, especially young women in the media.”
Here’s everything we know about the upcoming series.
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What is The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox about?
According to the show’s official synopsis, The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox is “inspired by the story of how Amanda Knox was wrongfully convicted for the tragic murder of her roommate, Meredith Kercher, and her journey to set herself free”.
The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox cast
Joining Grace Van Patten will be Bad Sisters‘ Sharon Horgan, John Hoogenakker, Francesco Acquaroli, Giuseppe De Domenico and Roberta Mattei. Margaret Qualley was initially set to play Knox but had to drop out of the project due to scheduling conflicts.
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