Laura Dern to Star in Jeffrey Epstein Investigation Drama From Sony
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The Oscar and Emmy winner will also exec produce the limited series, which is based on reporter Julie K. Brown’s book ‘Perversion of Justice.’
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Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Logo text Sony Pictures TV, Laura Dern and Adam McKay are teaming up for a limited series about the investigation that blew open the Jeffrey Epstein case. Dern is set to star in the drama, which based on Miami Herald investigative reporter Julie K. Brown’s book Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story . The Ocsar and Emmy winner will play Brown in the series. Sharon Hoffman ( Mrs. America, Pieces of Her ) is writing and will serve as co-showrunner with Eileen Myers ( The Night Agent, Masters of Sex ). Hoffman and Myers will executive produce the project with Dern, McKay and Kevin Messick for Hyperobject Industries, and Brown. Sony is taking the series to potential buyers — and will likely find s for the first scripted take on the Epstein case. Related Stories TV 'Jeopardy!' Plans YouTube Spinoff Show as It Ramps Up Production on Platform Movies Phoebe Dynevor's Shark Movie Gets New Title, First Trailer After Pivot to Netflix Sony describes the limited series as “an explosive account of an investigative reporter exposing the secret plea deal between Epstein and federal prosecutors. Drawing from Brown’s experience as a groundbreaking reporter for the Miami Herald , the book and the limited series follow her relentless years-long investigation that identified 80 victims, persuaded key survivors to go on the record, and led to Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s arrests.” Brown’s 2018 reporting in the Miami Herald led to a raft of new charges of sex trafficking against Epstein — who had previously been convicted on charges of procuring a minor for prostitution and soliciting a prostitute — and Maxwell and led the to the still-ongoing calls for the Department of Justice to release its complete files on Epstein and his associates and acquaint...
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