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Monsters has its Jose and Kitty Menendez. Javier Bardem and Chloë Sevigny have been cast as the parents of killers Lyle and Erik Menendez. The sons will be played by Nicholas Alexander Chavez and Cooper Koch.
Deadline reports that Nathan Lane has joined the series in another key role. He will play “writer and investigative journalist Dominick Dunne, who covered the Menendez brothers’ trial for Vanity Fair.”
In 1989, the teenage Menendez brothers shot their parents multiple times and killed them in the family’s Beverly Hills mansion. In 1996, the brothers were convicted and are serving life sentences in a San Diego prison. Lyle is now 56 and Erik is 53.
Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan are behind the series, which is set to arrive later this year. Netflix revealed more about the series in a press release.
Netflix announced today the key cast members joining the next iteration of Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s ‘Monster‘ Anthology Series, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, which will debut in 2024.
Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men, Being the Ricardos), will play Jose Menendez.
Chloë Sevigny (FEUD: Capote vs the Swans), will play Kitty Menendez.
Newcomers Nicholas Alexander Chavez (General Hospital) & Cooper Koch (They/Them) are confirmed to portray Lyle Menendez and Erik Menendez, respectively.
Following the massive success of DAHMER – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, Netflix ordered two additional installments of the anthology series from Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan.
DAHMER, the record-breaking first iteration of Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s ‘Monster’ anthology, reached 1 billion view hours in its first 60 days, making it only one of four series to achieve this milestone.
A teaser for the Monsters series is below.
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