Hulu has dropped the official trailer for the upcoming true-crime limited series The Girl From Plainville, centering around Michelle Carter’s role in the suicide of her boyfriend Conrad Roy. Starring Elle Fanning, the drama is set to make its debut on March 29 with the first three episodes.
The Girl From Plainville trailer, which you can check out below, features a young woman following the aftermath of her boyfriend’s death. However, investigators found out that this wasn’t an ordinary suicide case when they discovered the couple’s text exchanges. It soon became clear that Carter was encouraging Roy to kill himself, just before his death.
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Based on Jesse Barron’s Esquire article of the same name, The Girl From Plainville is written and executive produced by Liz Hannah (The Dropout, Mindhunter) and Patrick Macmanus (Dr. Death), who are serving as showrunners. Joining Fanning are Chloë Sevigny, Colton Ryan, Cara Buono, Kai Lennox, and Norbert Leo Butz.
“Inspired by the true story of Michelle Carter’s unprecedented “texting-suicide” case, the limited series explores Carter’s relationship with Conrad Roy III and the events that led to his death and, later, her conviction of involuntary manslaughter,” reads the synopsis.
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The limited series is executive produced by Fanning and Echo Lake’s Brittany Kahan, with Universal Content Productions as its studio. Barron and Erin Lee Carr, director of the HBO documentary exploring the case I Love You, Now Die, are set as consulting producers for the series.
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