HBO has ordered a docuseries based on the late Michelle McNamara’s best-selling book “I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer,” the network announced Tuesday.
The series order comes a week after police arrested Joseph James DeAngelo. A former police officer, DeAngelo was identified through DNA evidence as the notorious serial killer and was charged with a number of the crimes.
The series will be directed by Liz Garbus.
Also Read: Patton Oswalt Reads From Michelle McNamara's Golden State Killer Book on 'Late Night' (Video)
“I’ll Be Gone in the Dark” is a comprehensive exploration of the case of an elusive, violent predator by McNamara, the late wife of comedian Patton Oswalt. McNamara worked with investigators on the case, but died before the book was published. It was finished by co-writer Billy Jensen, researcher Paul Haynes and Oswalt.
The book was also a haunting personal memoir and self-examination of McNamara’s obsessive quest for justice on behalf of the victims and survivors of the crimes.
It was McNamara who dubbed DeAngelo “The Golden State Killer,” who terrorized California in the late ’70s and early ’80s, committing 50 home-invasion sexual assaults and ten murders.
Also Read: Golden State Killer Suspect Arrested in Cold Case Patton Oswalt's Late Wife Michelle McNamara Investigated
He then disappeared for more than three decades, eluding multiple police forces and some of the best detectives in the area.
“I’ll Be Gone in the Dark” was published earlier this year, and debuted at No. 1 on the New York Times combined print and e-book bestseller list.
Read original story Michelle McNamara’s Golden State Killer Book to Become HBO Docuseries At TheWrap...
The series order comes a week after police arrested Joseph James DeAngelo. A former police officer, DeAngelo was identified through DNA evidence as the notorious serial killer and was charged with a number of the crimes.
The series will be directed by Liz Garbus.
Also Read: Patton Oswalt Reads From Michelle McNamara's Golden State Killer Book on 'Late Night' (Video)
“I’ll Be Gone in the Dark” is a comprehensive exploration of the case of an elusive, violent predator by McNamara, the late wife of comedian Patton Oswalt. McNamara worked with investigators on the case, but died before the book was published. It was finished by co-writer Billy Jensen, researcher Paul Haynes and Oswalt.
The book was also a haunting personal memoir and self-examination of McNamara’s obsessive quest for justice on behalf of the victims and survivors of the crimes.
It was McNamara who dubbed DeAngelo “The Golden State Killer,” who terrorized California in the late ’70s and early ’80s, committing 50 home-invasion sexual assaults and ten murders.
Also Read: Golden State Killer Suspect Arrested in Cold Case Patton Oswalt's Late Wife Michelle McNamara Investigated
He then disappeared for more than three decades, eluding multiple police forces and some of the best detectives in the area.
“I’ll Be Gone in the Dark” was published earlier this year, and debuted at No. 1 on the New York Times combined print and e-book bestseller list.
Read original story Michelle McNamara’s Golden State Killer Book to Become HBO Docuseries At TheWrap...
- 5/1/2018
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
Exclusive: HBO Documentary Films has given the green light to a docuseries based on Michelle McNamara’s bestselling true-crime book I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer, and production is underway. Oscar nominee and Emmy winner Liz Garbus is directing.
It has been a pretty quick turnaround for the project, with production starting less than a month after HBO Documentary Films announced the acquisition of rights to the tome. McNamara’s book was thrust into the spotlight by the April 24 arrest of former police officer Joseph James DeAngelo, who was identified through DNA evidence as the notorious serial killer and charged with a number of the crimes. The big breakthrough in the cold case, subject of McNamara’s book, made the documentary very timely.
McNamara was determined...
It has been a pretty quick turnaround for the project, with production starting less than a month after HBO Documentary Films announced the acquisition of rights to the tome. McNamara’s book was thrust into the spotlight by the April 24 arrest of former police officer Joseph James DeAngelo, who was identified through DNA evidence as the notorious serial killer and charged with a number of the crimes. The big breakthrough in the cold case, subject of McNamara’s book, made the documentary very timely.
McNamara was determined...
- 5/1/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
The Golden State Killer is going global after Sky picked up a five-part series looking at the notorious serial killer who committed at least 12 murders, 45 rapes and hundreds of break-ins. The UK pay-tv broadcaster has acquired Unmasking A Killer, which originally aired on CNN spin-off channel Hln, from distributor Kew Media Group. It will air the series as Golden State Killer: Unmasked on its female-skewing channel Sky Living next weekend.
This comes days after police arrested and charged 72-year-old Joseph James DeAngelo for a number of the murders. Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert announced the news last week, coming after Paul Holes, a retired investigator with the Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office and long time investigator on the case, is thought to have made a break on the case by searching a free genealogy website.
The Hln series, which is produced by Joke Fincioen and Biagio Messina of Joke Productions,...
This comes days after police arrested and charged 72-year-old Joseph James DeAngelo for a number of the murders. Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert announced the news last week, coming after Paul Holes, a retired investigator with the Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office and long time investigator on the case, is thought to have made a break on the case by searching a free genealogy website.
The Hln series, which is produced by Joke Fincioen and Biagio Messina of Joke Productions,...
- 4/30/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Jane Carson-Sandler, who says she was raped by the Golden State Killer in 1976, appeared on “Megyn Kelly Today” to discuss the arrest of Joseph James DeAngelo in what was a decades-long cold case.
“I’d like to punch him in the face,” Carson-Sandler told Kelly.
On Wednesday, 72-year-old DeAngelo was arrested and charged with two counts of murder. He has since been charged with two more counts. The Golden State Killer was linked by DNA and method to 12 murders, 45 sexual assaults and more than 120 burglaries from Sacramento to Orange County between 1976 and 1986.
Also Read: Golden State Killer Suspect Arrest: 'We Found the Needle in the Haystack,' Da Says
Carson-Sandler, who appeared on the show just a month ago to talk about the case, says she was bound and raped by the Golden State Killer in 1976, with her three-year-old son sitting just feet away.
When she found out about the arrest, she said she “called Carol Daly, the detective that had taken me to the emergency room years ago. My husband and I were sobbing, sobbing and laughing and crying. We woke up the whole hotel, I mean seriously, it was so amazing.”
Carson-Sandler says the arrest means “closure — no more looking over our shoulders. How many families did this man destroy?”
Also Read: Golden State Killer Suspect Arrested in Cold Case Patton Oswalt's Late Wife Michelle McNamara Investigated
Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert also told Kelly: “[There is] no doubt in my mind we have the right guy.”
The Golden State Killer case was also the subject of a true-crime book titled “I’ll Be Gone in the Dark,” by Michelle McNamara, Patton Oswalt’s late wife. McNamara worked with investigators on the case but died before the book was published. It was finished by co-writer Billy Jensen, researcher Paul Haynes and Oswalt.
Watch the full interview here.
Read original story Woman Who Says She Was Raped by Golden State Killer in 1976: ‘I’d Like to Punch Him in the Face’ At TheWrap...
“I’d like to punch him in the face,” Carson-Sandler told Kelly.
On Wednesday, 72-year-old DeAngelo was arrested and charged with two counts of murder. He has since been charged with two more counts. The Golden State Killer was linked by DNA and method to 12 murders, 45 sexual assaults and more than 120 burglaries from Sacramento to Orange County between 1976 and 1986.
Also Read: Golden State Killer Suspect Arrest: 'We Found the Needle in the Haystack,' Da Says
Carson-Sandler, who appeared on the show just a month ago to talk about the case, says she was bound and raped by the Golden State Killer in 1976, with her three-year-old son sitting just feet away.
When she found out about the arrest, she said she “called Carol Daly, the detective that had taken me to the emergency room years ago. My husband and I were sobbing, sobbing and laughing and crying. We woke up the whole hotel, I mean seriously, it was so amazing.”
Carson-Sandler says the arrest means “closure — no more looking over our shoulders. How many families did this man destroy?”
Also Read: Golden State Killer Suspect Arrested in Cold Case Patton Oswalt's Late Wife Michelle McNamara Investigated
Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert also told Kelly: “[There is] no doubt in my mind we have the right guy.”
The Golden State Killer case was also the subject of a true-crime book titled “I’ll Be Gone in the Dark,” by Michelle McNamara, Patton Oswalt’s late wife. McNamara worked with investigators on the case but died before the book was published. It was finished by co-writer Billy Jensen, researcher Paul Haynes and Oswalt.
Watch the full interview here.
Read original story Woman Who Says She Was Raped by Golden State Killer in 1976: ‘I’d Like to Punch Him in the Face’ At TheWrap...
- 4/26/2018
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Patton Oswalt is having something of a victory tour after the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department announced April 25 it had apprehended 72-year-old Joseph James DeAngelo in connection to the Golden State Killer murders. Michelle McNamara, Patton’s late wife, was working on a book about the cold case murders before her death in April 2016. The Golden State Killer claimed 12 lives in California from the mid-1970s to 1986.
The actor and comedian happened to be a guest on “Late Night With Seth Meyers” on April 25, and the conversation between Oswalt and Meyers pivoted from the former’s NBC series “A.P. Bio” to the Golden State Killer. Oswalt shared with Seth that McNamara’s wish was to see the killer behind bars, so he made it his mission to complete her novel after she died. Although Oswalt did not participate in writing the book, he said he did beg McNamara’s collaborates Billy Jensen...
The actor and comedian happened to be a guest on “Late Night With Seth Meyers” on April 25, and the conversation between Oswalt and Meyers pivoted from the former’s NBC series “A.P. Bio” to the Golden State Killer. Oswalt shared with Seth that McNamara’s wish was to see the killer behind bars, so he made it his mission to complete her novel after she died. Although Oswalt did not participate in writing the book, he said he did beg McNamara’s collaborates Billy Jensen...
- 4/26/2018
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Patton Oswalt was supposed to talk about his role on NBC’s “A.P. Bio” on “Late Night with Seth Meyers” Wednesday, but given the news that earlier in the day police had arrested Joseph James DeAngelo, the suspect in the Golden State Killer case, much of the discussion focused on his late wife Michelle McNamara’s book about the case.
“The bracelets are on. It feels like this thing that she wanted so badly is now done,” said Oswalt.
“I’ll Be Gone in the Dark” is a true-crime book written by McNamara, but she died before the book was published. It was finished by co-writer Billy Jensen, researcher Paul Haynes and Oswalt.
Also Read: Patton Oswalt Fires Back at Police Who Said Late Wife Didn't Help Catch Golden State Killer
Oswalt read the chilling final lines from the epilogue of the book, titled “Letter to an Old Man,” which McNamara had addressed to the Golden State Killer himself:
“One day soon you’ll hear a car pull up to your curb, an engine cut out. You’ll hear footsteps coming up your front walk like they did for Edward Wayne Edwards, 29 years after he killed Timothy Hack and Kelly Drew in Sullivan, Wisconsin. Like they did for Kenneth Hicks 30 years after he killed Lori Billingsley in Aloha, Oregon. Doorbell rings, no side gates are left open, you’re long past leaping over a fence. Take one of your hyper-gulping breaths, clench your teeth, inch timidly towards the insistent bell. This is how it ends for you. You’ll be silent forever and I’ll be gone in the dark, you threatened a victim once. Open the door, show us your face and walk into the light.”
Oswalt then added, “And that’s what he did today.”
Also Read: Golden State Killer Suspect Arrested in Cold Case Patton Oswalt's Late Wife Michelle McNamara Investigated
Police arrested DeAngelo, 72, early Wednesday morning on two counts of murder, according to the Sacramento Bee and Fox40 Sacramento. The Golden State Killer was linked by DNA and method to 12 murders, 45 sexual assaults and more than 120 burglaries from Sacramento to Orange County between 1976 and 1986.
“Because he’s been caught, now they can start linking him to all these other cases. There’s all this new evidence,” added Oswalt.
Watch the video above for more.
Read original story Patton Oswalt Reads From Michelle McNamara’s Golden State Killer Book on ‘Late Night’ (Video) At TheWrap...
“The bracelets are on. It feels like this thing that she wanted so badly is now done,” said Oswalt.
“I’ll Be Gone in the Dark” is a true-crime book written by McNamara, but she died before the book was published. It was finished by co-writer Billy Jensen, researcher Paul Haynes and Oswalt.
Also Read: Patton Oswalt Fires Back at Police Who Said Late Wife Didn't Help Catch Golden State Killer
Oswalt read the chilling final lines from the epilogue of the book, titled “Letter to an Old Man,” which McNamara had addressed to the Golden State Killer himself:
“One day soon you’ll hear a car pull up to your curb, an engine cut out. You’ll hear footsteps coming up your front walk like they did for Edward Wayne Edwards, 29 years after he killed Timothy Hack and Kelly Drew in Sullivan, Wisconsin. Like they did for Kenneth Hicks 30 years after he killed Lori Billingsley in Aloha, Oregon. Doorbell rings, no side gates are left open, you’re long past leaping over a fence. Take one of your hyper-gulping breaths, clench your teeth, inch timidly towards the insistent bell. This is how it ends for you. You’ll be silent forever and I’ll be gone in the dark, you threatened a victim once. Open the door, show us your face and walk into the light.”
Oswalt then added, “And that’s what he did today.”
Also Read: Golden State Killer Suspect Arrested in Cold Case Patton Oswalt's Late Wife Michelle McNamara Investigated
Police arrested DeAngelo, 72, early Wednesday morning on two counts of murder, according to the Sacramento Bee and Fox40 Sacramento. The Golden State Killer was linked by DNA and method to 12 murders, 45 sexual assaults and more than 120 burglaries from Sacramento to Orange County between 1976 and 1986.
“Because he’s been caught, now they can start linking him to all these other cases. There’s all this new evidence,” added Oswalt.
Watch the video above for more.
Read original story Patton Oswalt Reads From Michelle McNamara’s Golden State Killer Book on ‘Late Night’ (Video) At TheWrap...
- 4/26/2018
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
Less than 24 hours after the Golden State Killer's arrest, Patton Oswalt appeared on Late Night With Seth Meyers to discuss how his late wife's book contributed to the arrest and what it would have meant to her. Michelle McNamara, the deceased spouse of the comedian, was a crime writer who had penned an entire novel about the serial killer, whose real name is Joseph James DeAngelo. The book, titled I'll Be Gone in the Dark, was about three-fourths finished when McNamara unexpectedly died in her sleep in April 2016. Oswalt asked investigative journalist Billy Jensen and lead researcher Paul Haynes to finish the book based on her notes and research. "I was still neck-deep in grief and suddenly a...
- 4/26/2018
- E! Online
Comedian and AP Bio star Patton Oswalt took to social media today in response to the arrest in the Golden State Killer case, a case made famous by his late wife Michelle McNamara in her book I’ll Be Gone in the Dark.
McNamara’s I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, chronicles a serial rapist and murderer who was believed to have killed at least 12 people and raped at least 45 people throughout California during the ’70s and ’80s. In April 2016, she died unexpectedly in her sleep. After her death, Oswalt worked with journalist Billy Jensen and researcher Paul Haynes to finish the book which debuted at No. 1 on the New York Times best-seller list.
When he first heard of the news, he posted a video on Instagram saying, “One of the more surreal days of my life.” He added, “Looks like they got him.”
The celebration of the news...
McNamara’s I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, chronicles a serial rapist and murderer who was believed to have killed at least 12 people and raped at least 45 people throughout California during the ’70s and ’80s. In April 2016, she died unexpectedly in her sleep. After her death, Oswalt worked with journalist Billy Jensen and researcher Paul Haynes to finish the book which debuted at No. 1 on the New York Times best-seller list.
When he first heard of the news, he posted a video on Instagram saying, “One of the more surreal days of my life.” He added, “Looks like they got him.”
The celebration of the news...
- 4/25/2018
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Patton Oswalt was in “full tilt freakout” about the arrest of the alleged Golden State Killer, the serial murderer and subject of the bestseller by Michelle McNamara, a true crime writer and the comedian’s late wife. The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department announced Wednesday that a suspect, Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, had been apprehended in connection with the decades-old cold case that claimed 12 lives in California from the mid-1970s to 1986.
“This is insane,” Oswalt said in a video posted to Instagram Wednesday. “Looks like they’ve caught the East Area Rapist, and if that’s true they’ve caught the Golden State Killer. So, I think you’ve got him Michelle… Full tilt freak out in effect.”
McNamara was the author of New York Times Bestseller “I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer,” a chilling investigation of the notorious serial killer.
“This is insane,” Oswalt said in a video posted to Instagram Wednesday. “Looks like they’ve caught the East Area Rapist, and if that’s true they’ve caught the Golden State Killer. So, I think you’ve got him Michelle… Full tilt freak out in effect.”
McNamara was the author of New York Times Bestseller “I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer,” a chilling investigation of the notorious serial killer.
- 4/25/2018
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
HBO Documentary Films has acquired the rights to the true-crime bestseller “I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer,” by Michelle McNamara, and will develop a documentary series based on the book, it was announced today by Nancy Abraham and Lisa Heller, executive vice presidents, HBO Documentary Films.
“I’ll Be Gone in the Dark” is a meticulous exploration of the case of an elusive, violent predator who terrorized California in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s by journalist Michelle McNamara, who died tragically while investigating the unsolved crimes. Framed by an introduction by Gillian Flynn and afterword by McNamara’s husband, Patton Oswalt, the book was completed by McNamara’s lead researcher, Paul Haynes, and a close colleague, Billy Jenkins.
A chilling investigation of the mysterious serial killer and the wreckage he left behind, “I’ll Be Gone in the...
“I’ll Be Gone in the Dark” is a meticulous exploration of the case of an elusive, violent predator who terrorized California in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s by journalist Michelle McNamara, who died tragically while investigating the unsolved crimes. Framed by an introduction by Gillian Flynn and afterword by McNamara’s husband, Patton Oswalt, the book was completed by McNamara’s lead researcher, Paul Haynes, and a close colleague, Billy Jenkins.
A chilling investigation of the mysterious serial killer and the wreckage he left behind, “I’ll Be Gone in the...
- 4/10/2018
- by Sean McAloon
- Age of the Nerd
Exclusive: HBO Documentary Films has acquired the rights to journalist Michelle McNamara’s bestselling true-crime book I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer, to develop as a docuseries.
I’ll Be Gone in the Dark is a meticulous exploration of the case of an elusive, violent predator who terrorized California in the late 1970s and early ’80s. McNamara, the late wife of Patton Oswalt, was in the midst of writing the book when she unexpectedly died in her sleep in 2016. The book was completed by McNamara’s lead researcher Paul Haynes and a close colleague, Billy Jensen, and framed by an introduction by Gillian Flynn and afterword by Oswalt, who also executive produces the docuseries.
McNamara’s I’ll Be Gone in the Dark is described as a chilling investigation of the mysterious serial killer and the wreckage he left behind,...
I’ll Be Gone in the Dark is a meticulous exploration of the case of an elusive, violent predator who terrorized California in the late 1970s and early ’80s. McNamara, the late wife of Patton Oswalt, was in the midst of writing the book when she unexpectedly died in her sleep in 2016. The book was completed by McNamara’s lead researcher Paul Haynes and a close colleague, Billy Jensen, and framed by an introduction by Gillian Flynn and afterword by Oswalt, who also executive produces the docuseries.
McNamara’s I’ll Be Gone in the Dark is described as a chilling investigation of the mysterious serial killer and the wreckage he left behind,...
- 4/9/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva and Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
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