Is The Staircase Based On A True Story? Did Michael Peterson Really Kill His Wife? Plus About The Cast Release Date HBO Max

Is The Staircase Based On A True Story? The Curious and Chilling Case Michael Peterson, a crime novelist, returns to streaming with Colin Firth and Toni Collette.

Probably, if you are one of the most fans of true crime, you will find in The Staircase one of the most notorious cases of the last two decades. From its release in documentary format and to its exploration as a television series, now HBO takes up the story to create its new limited series, one that will undoubtedly relive the events of 2001, make us question the truth, and immerse us in an impact thriller where we will not know what is fiction and what is reality.

Is The Staircase Based On A True Story?

The first three episodes of the series “The Staircase” will premiere today on HBO Max. Created by Antonio Campos and starring Colin Firth and Toni Collette, the story is based on a real-life case, in which Michael Peterson is accused of the death of his wife Kathleen Peterson.

The plot presents the desperation of a family that is suddenly involved in a murder investigation of one of its own members, but how did they get there?

After a quiet night, where the parents of the family had drunk and talked for a long time, she returned to her room while her husband was in the pool.

The woman suddenly dies and from then on everything is chaos! Their lives change forever.

The Staircase Released Date And Chapters

The series produced by HBO Max premieres this May 5 on the Warner Media platform. Antonio Campos, the filmmaker of Latin descent, will be in charge (in his direction, script, and production) of showing us this in limited series format, with only 8 chapters.

The Staircase Trailer

‘I don’t think there are many families like us…’ says Collin Firth in the first images as Michael Peterson in The Staircase. The sequence moves from a comfortable and quiet family dinner to the day Kathleen was found dead.

The Staircase Cast

The series has one of those stories that allows the viewer to make different theories, as long as what really happened has not been documented, since the case was well known in the early 2000s.

The cast also includes Sophie Turner, Dane DeHaan, Odessa Young, Tim Guinee, and Michael Stuhlbarg, among many others, but they are the focus of the investigation.

The Staircase Cast Colin Firth

The renowned English actor will be in charge of bringing to the screen the character of Michael Peterson, who in real life was an important American novelist. Peterson, who was dedicated to writing crime novels, was sentenced for the death of his second wife, Kathleen Peterson.

The Staircase Cast Tony Collette

The award-winning Australian actress is Kathleen Peterson in The Staircase (as the series was titled in Spanish). Collette will play the novelist’s second wife, who was found dead under the stairs of her house.

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