The greatLisa Cholodenkois teaming withThe GreatactressElle Fanningon Hulu’s true-crime seriesThe Girl From Plainville, which centers around the infamous texting-suicide case of Massachusetts teenMichelle Carter.
The limited series will examine the events that led Carter to stand trial for homicide after her boyfriendConrad Roykilled himself. Prosecutors argued that her calls and texts encouraging Roy to take his own life fueled his heartbreaking decision and that he would not have gone through with it had she not urged him to do so.
The case shocked both the nation and the close-knit community of Plainville, and Hulu gave the show a straight-to-series order last August. Cholodenko will direct the first two episodes ofThe Girl From Plainville, a plum assignment that comes on the heels of Cholodenko directing the first three episodes of Netflix’s acclaimed dramaUnbelievablestarringMerritt WeverandToni Collette.
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Produced by Universal Cable Productions,The Girl From Plainvilleis based onJesse Barron’s 2017 Esquire article of the same name, and it hails fromThe PostwriterLiz HannahandDr. Deathexecutive producerPatrick Macmanus, who will serve as co-showrunners.
Hannah and Macmanus will also executive produce alongside Fanning and Echo Lake’sBrittany Kahan Ward. Barron will serve as a consulting producer alongsideErin Lee Carr, who directed an HBO documentary about the case titledI Love You, Now Die.Kelly Funkewill oversee for Macmanus’ Littleton Road Productions, and the series is slated to start production later this year.
Cholodenko’s credits includeThe Kids Are All Right, which was nominated for Best Picture, as well as the celebrated HBO miniseriesOlive Kitteridge, for which she won an Emmy. Cholodenko also directed the well-reviewed indieLaurel CanyonstarringFrances McDormand,Christian Bale,Kate BeckinsaleandAlessandro Nivola. She’s a great choice forThe Girl From Plainville, which will be Fanning’s second Hulu series along withThe Great, which has been renewed for a second season.
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