Joe Otterson TV ReporterElle Fanning is attached to star in the Universal Content Productions (UCP) series based on the real-life case of Michelle Carter, which has landed at Hulu, Variety has learned.Titled “The Girl From Plainville,” Fanning will star as Carter, who was infamously convicted of involuntary manslaughter in 2017 after texting her boyfriend encouragement to commit suicide three years prior.
The series will be based on the Esquire article of the same name by Jesse Barron.Liz Hannah and Patrick Macmanus will co-write the series and serve as executive producers and co-showrunners.
Fanning and Echo Lake’s Kahan Ward will also executive produce. Barron and Erin Lee Carr will serve as consulting producers.
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