During NBCU’s Upfront Presentation at Radio City Music Hall, the first official trailer for the upcoming dark-comedy-thriller limited seriesBased on a True Storywas revealed. The series that will take a satirical look at America’s obsession with true crime is set to be 8 episodes long will all episodes premiering on June 8 exclusively on Peacock.
The new trailer follows series leads Ava Bartlett, a realtor played by Emmy Award nomineeKayley Cuoco(The Flight Attendant), and her husband Nathan played byChris Messina(Air). The trailer introduces us to the couple who have fallen on hard times after Nathan loses his job with the pair also expecting a baby, but a murder from a serial killer known as the Westside Ripper gives Ava, a devout true-crime fan a great idea: to find the killer and use America’s obsession with killers to make some money. As the trailer unfolds, however, we see that getting this close to a killer has dangerous consequences.
Firstannounced with a straight-to-series order from Peacockin April 2022,Based on a True Storyset to serve as a satirical look at the obsession that America has with the genre of true crime. The show is helmed byCraig Rosenberg(The Boys, Gen V), who will serve as the creator, showrunner, writer, and executive producer forBased on A True Story. Rosenberg has previously worked on many episodes of the hit superhero seriesThe Boysat Prime Video, which went on to earn a Prime Time Emmy nomination in 2021 for “Outstanding Drama Series.“OzarkstarJason Batemanis also attached to the project as an executive producer.
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The Team BehindBased On A True Story
Joining Cuoco and Messina as starring cast members ofBased On A True StoryareTom Bateman(Thirteen Lives) andNatalia Dyer(Stranger Things). Additional cast members announced for the series includePriscilla Quintana,Liana Liberato,Alex Alomar Akpobome,Aisha Alfa,Annabelle Dexter-Jones, andLi Jun Li. Joining Rosenberg and Bateman as executive producers isMichael Costigan, who will produce via Aggregate Films withRoxie RodriguezandMelissa Blakeacting as co-executive producers, the former also representing Aggregate Films.Alex Buonowill be the director of the first and final episodes ofBased on a True Story’s eight-episode runand is also an executive producer.
Based on a True Storywill premiere on Peacock on June 8. you’re able to check out the new trailer as well as read the official description for the upcoming series down below.
From the Emmy Award nominated Producer ofThe Boysand the Executive Producer ofOzark, ‘Based On A True Story’follows a realtor, a former tennis star and a plumber who seize a unique opportunity to capitalize on America’s obsession with true crime.
