HBO Developing True Crime Series About Sacramento Serial Killer Dorothea Puente
The series follows a Sacramento boarding-house owner whose murders and stolen benefits made her one of California’s most notorious serial killers.
- HBO is developing a true crime drama series titled Dorothea, starring Oscar-winning actress Geena Davis as Sacramento serial killer Dorothea Puente. The project explores Puente's boarding house operation in the 1980s.
- Smallville alum Michael Rosenbaum identified the idea and brought it to Bristol Circle Entertainment, the production company of former Sony Pictures Television Studios President Jeff Frost. Rosenbaum and writing partner Jane Whitney developed the series with showrunner Joshua Michael Stern.
- Operating a boarding house in the 1980s, Puente secretly murdered her boarders to collect Social Security checks. Although charged with murdering nine people, she was convicted of three and died in prison in 2011.
- For Davis, who recently appeared in Netflix's The Boroughs, this marks her first series starring vehicle since the ABC political drama Commander in Chief. She also executive produces the project.
- Puente's criminal history has previously been profiled in Netflix's Worst Roommate Ever and on Very Local's Hometown Tragedy. The HBO project adds to existing media representations of the serial killer's story.
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HBO developing true crime series about Sacramento serial killer Dorothea Puente
HBO is reportedly developing a true crime series based on the story of Sacramento serial killer Dorothea Puente, who ran a boarding house on F Street in downtown Sacramento during the 1980s.
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Geena Davis To Star In Dorothea Puente True Crime Drama Set At HBO
HBO is developing Dorothea, a true crime drama starring and executive produced by Oscar winner Geena Davis. Written by Joshua Michael Stern, who serves as showrunner, from a story co-written by Michael Rosenbaum and Jane Whitney, Dorothea is inspired by the real-life story of Dorothea Puente, California’s most notorious female serial killer. The project originated […]
Geena Davis will be the lead poster for "Dorothea", a series inspired by the life of an authentic serial killer who took place in the 1980s. We will soon find her on the small screen. Geena Davis, 70 years old and founder of the Geena Davis Institute, who works for a better representation of women in the media, was chosen to embody the title role of "Dorothea", a series based on the life of the serial killer Dorothea Puenta, said Variety.
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