Paramount+ today announced the title of its upcoming and highly anticipated new anthology series which delves into some of the nation’s most heartbreaking and gripping unsolved crimes. The first installment, UNSPEAKABLE: THE MURDER OF JONBENÉT RAMSEY (w/t), stars Academy Award® nominees Melissa McCarthy and Clive Owen as Patsy and John Bennett Ramsey. The series will debut exclusively on Paramount+.
At its heart, the series centers on the story of Patsy and John Ramsey, exploring their unbreakable partnership and the complex dynamics of their marriage and parenting. It delves into how they crafted a narrative of a perfect, privileged life for themselves and their children – a facade shattered by tragedy one Christmas night in 1996.
Produced by SHOWTIME/MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios, production is currently underway in Calgary, Canada, with Academy Award® nominee Richard LaGravenese (Behind the Candelabra) serving as showrunner and executive producer. Four of the eight episodes, including the first episode, will be directed by Anne Sewitsky (Presumed Innocent), who will also serve as executive producer.
The cast also includes Emily Mitchell, Garrett Hedlund, Alison Pill, Shea Whigham, Owen Teague, Clifton Collins Jr, Rory Cochrane, Chris Bauer, Angus Caldwell, Will Patton, John Billingsley, Jeremy Bobb, Jaime Ray Newman, Josh Stamberg, and guest star Margo Martindale.
The series is executive produced by David C. Glasser, Ron Burkle, Bob Yari, David Hutkin, Melissa McCarthy, and Anne Sewitsky. Writers Richard LaGravenese, Harrison Query & Tommy Wallach will also serve as executive producers. Query & Wallach sold the project to SHOWTIME/MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios.
