Blumhouse, a production company that has become synonymous with cheap-to-produce-yet-very-well-done horror projects, is getting into the true crime TV series game. Thanks to hugely popular shows like Making A Murderer and American Crime Story, this subgenre has become something of a cultural phenomenon in recent years.
Sundance TV, a streaming service owned by AMC, has given the green light to a Blumhouse-produced 6-part miniseries with a working title of No One Saw A Thing.
According to an announcement made by Deadline Hollywood, the miniseries will explore “an unsolved and mysterious death in the American Heartland and the corrosive effects of vigilantism in small town America. The case garnered international attention in the early 1980s after a resident was shot dead in front of almost 60 townspeople. These witnesses deny having seen anything, to this very day.”
Around the web, many are assuming that this intentionally vague description refers to the murder of Ken McElroy. He was shot dead while sitting in his car in Skidmore, Missouri, in 1981. Numerous townspeople were nearby, but no one would say a word to the authorities. It is believed that McElroy was the town bully, and he’d been accused of numerous crimes including child molestation and rape.
Israeli filmmaker Avi Belkin is directing and executive producing the project, with help on the executive producer side from Alexandra Shiva. Production is underway now and the show is expected to debut next year. It’s unclear which British outlet will air this, but we’d put good money on Netflix UK.
More as we hear it.