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Across his expansive repertoire of TV shows and films, the prolific writer, director, and producer has always made sure that his favorite actors stay booked — whether he’s casting Sarah Paulson in every single production he makes or waiting until Angelica Ross has a new slot on American Horror Story before killing her Pose character off. All this to say, of course he has tapped two of his regulars, Evan Peters (American Horror Story, Pose) and Niecy Nash (Scream Queens), to lead the cast of his upcoming Jeffrey Dahmer Netflix series, Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story. Here’s everything we know about the series so far: Peters will play Jeffrey Dahmer, and Nash will play Monster’s female lead, Dahmer’s neighbor.
(Remember his incel cult leader Kai Anderson?) Nash, meanwhile, will play the series’ female lead, Glenda Cleveland, “a neighbor of Dahmer’s who called police numerous times and even tried calling the FBI to alert them of Dahmer’s erratic behavior, to no avail,” according to Deadline. The Netflix series will be told from the perspective of Dahmer’s victims.
The series “chronicles the story of one of America’s most notorious serial killers” and “dives deeply into the police incompetence and apathy that allowed the Wisconsin native to go on a multiyear killing spree.” Monster’s plot will explore how Jeffrey Dahmer was able to evade capture for so long. According to reports, Monster will “dramatize at least 10 instances where Dahmer was almost apprehended but ultimately let go.”
The ten-episode limited series will span the 1960s, ‘70s, and ‘80s, and will end with Dahmer’s ultimate arrest in the early ’90s. While The Jeffrey Dahmer story doesn’t have a release date yet, Murphy and co are hard at work. The prolific producer has multiple projects in the works, including a biopic about the designer Halston, a miniseries based on A Chorus Line, season 10 of American Horror Story (which will include Kaia Gerber in the cast), an AHS spinoff, American Horror Stories, the final season of Pose, and the Monica Lewinsky-focused season of American Crime Story.
There is no set release date for the time being.