Apple TV today announced new thriller series, Guilty Creatures starring Julia Garner (Ozark, Weapons) who will also executive produce. Based on the acclaimed 2024 true crime book by Mikita Brottman, Guilty Creatures: Sex, God, and Murder in Tallahassee, Florida, the series will be directed by Craig Gillespie (Your Friends & Neighbors, I, Tonya) with Stuart Zicherman (The Shrink Next Door, The Americans) serving as showrunner and executive producer.
Per Apple TV, “The series delves into the psyche of a torrid romance and subsequent act of murder between two young, adulterous but God-fearing lovers, unraveling their complex lives and the emotional toll of living as killers for 18 years. This riveting true crime narrative, set against a backdrop of sex and murder in the Florida panhandle, promises to become an instant classic.”
Guilty Creatures is produced by Tomorrow Studios (One Piece, Physical), an ITV Studios partner, and developed through the studios’ first-look deals with Garner’s Alma Margo and Gillespie’s Fortunate Jack Productions. Marty Adelstein, Becky Clements and Alissa Bachner will executive produce through Tomorrow Studios, along with Garner through Alma Margo. Showrunner Zicherman also serves as executive producer alongside DeLappe. Gillespie and Annie Marter executive produce through Fortunate Jack Productions. Brottman will also serve as an executive producer.
Brottman‘s book examines the 2000 killing of Mike Williams, chronicling how investigators uncovered a years-long conspiracy involving Williams’ wife, Denise, and his longtime friend, Brian Winchester. The pair were members of their Baptist community and were having in an affair. They were both ultimately convicted in connection with a plot to murder Williams and collect a life insurance policy.
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