Renée Zellweger is playing another murderer. The two-time Oscar winner received a nomination for her turn as Roxie Hart in “Chicago,” and now she’s set to topline and exec produce an NBC true crime limited series that’ll mark her broadcast TV series debut. Based on “Dateline” stories and a companion podcast, “The Thing About Pam” received a straight to series order. The Hollywood Reporter confirmed the news.
The six-episode show will revisit the 2011 murder of Betsy Faria. “Her husband was convicted of the crime but insisted he was innocent and later had his conviction overturned. The crime sets off a chain of events that would expose a diabolical scheme involving Pam Hupp (Zellweger),” the source details. “The real-life Hupp is currently serving a life sentence for a 2016 murder in Missouri.”
“UnREAL” alumna Jessika Borsiczky will write “The Thing About Pam” and serve as showrunner.
“As someone who hasn’t missed an episode of ‘Dateline’ in 10 years, what immediately stood out to me about Pam from other true crime stories is that while on its surface it has all the twists and turns of a thrilling whodunit murder mystery, it’s really a character story at its heart that reflects in a profound way the American landscape back to us,” said Borsiczky.
Zellweger won Oscars for “Judy” and “Cold Mountain.” She starred in “What/If,” a Netflix series that dropped in 2019.
