The official trailer for the true crime thriller Boston Strangler, starring Keira Knightley and Carrie Coon, has been released. The film attempts to uncover the truth behind one of America’s most notorious serial killers. The crimes committed by the killer are infamous, but the details behind the crimes are not as well-known.
While the movie is set to debut on March 17th, the Boston Strangler trailer has been made available by Hulu in advance. In the movie, Keira Knightley and Carrie Coon play two intrepid reporters who assisted in the pursuit of the film’s murderer during a frightening crime wave in the 1960s. They bring new attention to the case and reveal disturbing information about the crimes.
Boston Strangler is based on the true story of the notorious serial killer who pursued and murdered numerous women in Boston between 1962 and 1964. Although 11 people were ultimately confirmed as having died, it was thought that there were more.
The movie’s plot centers on Knightley’s character Loretta McLaughlin, a Massachusetts-based reporter for the Record-American newspaper. McLaughlin was the first journalist to be able to put together the pieces that would eventually link the murders as a part of a wave of serial violence. To pursue her investigations, she partnered with Jean Cole (Coon), a close friend and coworker, but she still had to fight off the oppressive sexism and misogyny that tragically prevailed at the time. Nonetheless, McLaughlin and Cole heroically continue to investigate the case at great personal peril, risking their own lives in the process.
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The cast of the film Boston Strangler (Adaptation) includes Keira Knightley, who has been nominated for two Oscars (for The Imitation Game and Pride & Prejudice), Emmy nominee Carrie Coon (for Fargo, The Gilded Age), Alessandro Nivola (Amsterdam), David Dastmalchian (Dune), Morgan Spector (Homeland), Bill Camp (Joker), and Chris Cooper, who has won an Oscar.
Produced by Ridley Scott (The Martian), Kevin J. Walsh (House of Gucci), Michael Pruss (American Woman), Josey McNamara (Promising Young Woman), Tom Ackerley (I, Tonya), and executive produced by Michael Fottrell (The Fate of the Furious) and Sam Roston, the movie was written and directed by Crown Heights’ Matt Ruskin. Scott Free and Bronte Payne are being managed by Sam Roston for LuckyChap.
As a native of Boston who grew up knowing the tale of the “Strangler,” Matt Ruskin previously expressed his intention to direct the movie.
He shared, “Having grown up in Boston, I had always heard of the Strangler in a very abstract sense, but I didn’t really know anything about the details of the case and a few years ago, I started reading about it and discovered a really fascinating, layered serial killer story. I always loved journalism stories and in researching the case, I discovered these two journalists, starting with Loretta McLaughlin, the first journalist to connect the murders, and in her reporting, she actually gave the Boston Strangler his name. It was a really monumental story for her in her career in the early 1960s. She was a very ambitious reporter in a male-dominated field and this was a real turning point for her.”
ABC Audio launched the preview of Truth and Lies: The Boston Strangler, a true-crime podcast complementing the Boston Strangler movie. The three-part series, airing on Wednesday, March 1st, is the inaugural partnership between ABC Audio and 20th Century Studios, both Walt Disney Company affiliates. The show is hosted by Dick Lehr, a decorated author and journalist, who references the ABC News archives and interviews with the case’s participants’ relatives. Truth and Lies: The Boston Strangler can be streamed for free on significant podcasting platforms.
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