Netflix today revealed a first look at the upcoming series, MONSTERS: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story. Following the success of 2022’s Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s true crime anthology series returns with Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, chronicling the case of the real-life brothers who were convicted in 1996 for the murders of their parents, José and Mary Louise “Kitty” Menendez. It will premiere on September 19, 2024.
The series stars newcomers Nicholas Alexander Chavez and Cooper Koch as brothers Lyle and Erik Menendez, Javier Bardem (Dune, No Country for Old Men) as José Menendez, Chloë Sevigny (Feud, Big Love) as Mary Louise “Kitty” Menendez, Nathan Lane (Dicks: The Musical, The Gilded Age) as Dominick Dunne, and Ari Graynor (Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty) as Leslie Abramson.
The synopsis reads: “While the prosecution argued they were seeking to inherit their family fortune, the brothers claimed – and remain adamant to this day, as they serve life sentences without the possibility of parole – that their actions stemmed out of fear from a lifetime of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse at the hands of their parents. Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story dives into the historic case that took the world by storm, paved the way for audiences’ modern-day fascination with true crime, and in return asks those audiences: Who are the real monsters?“
Additional key cast include: Leslie Grossman (American Horror Story), Dallas Roberts (American Crime, 3:10 to Yuma), Paul Adelstein (Prison Break, Private Practice), Jason Butler Harner (Sugar, Ozark), Enrique Murciano (The Night Agent, Without a Trace), Michael Gladis (Mad Men, Penny Dreadful: City of Angels), Drew Powell (Gotham, Ordinary Angels), Charlie Hall (Bel-Air, Life & Beth), Gil Ozeri (Big Mouth, Human Resources), Jeff Perry (Dirty John, Nash Bridges), Tessa Auberjonois (How I Met Your Father), Tanner Stine (The Thundermans, Impulse), Larry Clarke (Twin Peaks, For All Mankind), Jade Pettyjohn (School of Rock), Marlene Forte (The Lincoln Lawyer), and Vicki Lawrence (The Carol Burnett Show, Mama’s Family).
Alexis Martin Woodall (Dahmer, American Horror Story, Feud), Eric Kovtun (Dahmer, The Watcher, Ratched), David McMillan (Dahmer), Louise Shore (Lessons in Chemistry, American Crime Story), and Carl Franklin (Dahmer, Good Behavior) serve as executive producers alongside Murphy and Brennan.
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