JonBenét Ramsey’s Murder Case Set for Netflix Limited Series
The completed true-crime series stars Melissa McCarthy and Clive Owen and drew a $750 million defamation link that helped push it into turnaround.
- Netflix has acquired the limited series 'The Murder of JonBenét Ramsey', starring Melissa McCarthy and Clive Owen, for a global release this winter, exploring the 1996 death of six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey.
- Following the summer 2025 Paramount-Skydance merger, the new regime shelved the project, which 101 Studios subsequently took to market after Paramount+ had originally greenlit the show in 2024.
- Legal concerns reportedly influenced the decision to drop the series, stemming from a $750 million defamation lawsuit filed by Burke Ramsey against CBS; the project completed production in January 2025.
- Expanding its true-crime portfolio, Netflix intends to build on the success of its 2024 documentary 'Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey?', marketing the project as a global original.
- Likely timed for the 30th anniversary of the killing on December 25, 1996, the show may serve as the first installment of an anthology series examining unsolved crimes through multiple perspectives.
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