It’s American Crime Story meets Making a Murderer. According to the New York Daily News, Martin Sheen is trying to develop a true crime documentary series about the infamous 1995 O.J. Simpson murder trial.
The actor is teaming with Dallas-based investigator William Dear for the project, which aims to “exonerate” Simpson.
Speaking to the NY Daily News, Dear said the doc will be modeled after popular true crime series like Netflix’s recent success Making a Murderer:
People are fascinated with true crime. I know the time is right for people to look at this O.J. thing,”
Dear, who wrote a 2012 book titled OJ is Innocent and I Can Prove It, says he has evidence that proves Simpson was not involved in the murder of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and 25-year-old waiter Ron Goldman:
It’s not going to be talking heads. These are going to be facts, not hearsay, not soft evidence but hard evidence. … We have diaries. We have pictures of (the suspect) wearing a cap that was found at the crime scene. We have the vehicle the suspect was driving. We have a witness. We feel very confident in what we’ve been able to put together.”
Sheen is expected to host and narrate the series. At the moment, Dear and Sheen are shopping the series to various outlets.
What do you think? Would you watch this O.J. Simpson documentary? Do you think Simpson is innocent?
No, I would not watch this mini-series of Martin Sheen’s. Netflix did not produce “Making A Murderer”, they merely acquired it for distribution on their service. There is such an abundance of falsities within that doc and it was only created as a means to bring in money for the creators. Much in the same fashion, this seems to be a similar cash-grab and it’s unfortunate because lost in the shuffle of it all is Nicole and Ron; the victims. I do believe O.J. to be guilty and I hope this project doesn’t find a home anywhere. Leave it alone!
That makes a total of 14 people on planet earth that do not believe in DNA.
HE DID IT! Everyone knows that. I hope no one helps you with this project, and if some idiot does, I hope no one watches it and no one pays to advertises on it.
I guess you and Charlie are more alike than I originally thought.
Martin, I have some land in Florida you may be interested in….
I thought Martin had quite a bit on the ball. However, this is just sickening and so obviously a money grab. Shame on you Martin, you are so much better than this. JDD