Updated, 12:01 Pm: Epix said today that Helter Skelter: An American Myth will premiere at 10 p.m. Sunday, July 26. Read details of the docuseries below.
Previously, June 4: Helter Skelter: An American Myth, a six-part docuseries about Charles Manson exec produced by Greg Berlanti, has been pushed back by Epix.
The series was previously planned to debut on June 14 and the MGM-owned network has not yet set a replacement date.
Deadline understands the network didn’t feel it was an appropriate time to release the series given the subject matter – Charles Manson planned to incite a race war called Helter Skelter.
The series comes 50 years after the murder of Sharon Tate, Jay Sebring, Abigail Folger, Wojtek Frykowski and Steven Parent and Manson’s subsequent trial. It will chronicle the Manson Family history, featuring never-before-accessed interviews from former family members and journalists first on the scene and in the courtroom, with archival footage and newly-unearthed images.
Previously, June 4: Helter Skelter: An American Myth, a six-part docuseries about Charles Manson exec produced by Greg Berlanti, has been pushed back by Epix.
The series was previously planned to debut on June 14 and the MGM-owned network has not yet set a replacement date.
Deadline understands the network didn’t feel it was an appropriate time to release the series given the subject matter – Charles Manson planned to incite a race war called Helter Skelter.
The series comes 50 years after the murder of Sharon Tate, Jay Sebring, Abigail Folger, Wojtek Frykowski and Steven Parent and Manson’s subsequent trial. It will chronicle the Manson Family history, featuring never-before-accessed interviews from former family members and journalists first on the scene and in the courtroom, with archival footage and newly-unearthed images.
- 6/22/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Epix has decided to push back the release of their upcoming six-part docuseries, Helter Skelter: An American Myth. The show was scheduled to premiere on June 14th and while a replacement date has yet to be set, the network felt it wasn’t the right time to release it due to its subject matter, which includes Charles Manson’s plan to incite a race war called Helter Skelter.
Last year marked the 50-year anniversary of the murder of Sharon Tate, Jay Sebring, Abigail Folger, Wojtek Frykowski and Steven Parent, and the series will chronicle both their murders as well as the Manson Family history using interviews with former family members as well as journalists who were there to cover it. We’ll also be getting never-before-seen images and archival footage.
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Last year marked the 50-year anniversary of the murder of Sharon Tate, Jay Sebring, Abigail Folger, Wojtek Frykowski and Steven Parent, and the series will chronicle both their murders as well as the Manson Family history using interviews with former family members as well as journalists who were there to cover it. We’ll also be getting never-before-seen images and archival footage.
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Exclusive: Epix is exploring the story of Charles Manson and his followers in a docuseries from An Inconvenient Truth producer Lesley Chilcott, Berlanti Productions, Rogue Atlas Productions and Warner Horizon Unscripted Television.
The MGM-owned broadcaster has ordered six-part series Helter Skelter, a comprehensive telling of the story of how Manson and his cult terrorized California in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
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It comes just over 50 years after the murder of Sharon Tate, Jay Sebring, Abigail Folger, Wojtek Frykowski and Steven Parent and Manson’s subsequent trial. It will chronicle the Manson Family history, featuring never-before-accessed interviews from former family members and journalists first on the scene and in the courtroom, with archival footage and newly-unearthed images.
The MGM-owned broadcaster has ordered six-part series Helter Skelter, a comprehensive telling of the story of how Manson and his cult terrorized California in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
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It comes just over 50 years after the murder of Sharon Tate, Jay Sebring, Abigail Folger, Wojtek Frykowski and Steven Parent and Manson’s subsequent trial. It will chronicle the Manson Family history, featuring never-before-accessed interviews from former family members and journalists first on the scene and in the courtroom, with archival footage and newly-unearthed images.
- 4/8/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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