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Another popular crime case is heading to the television screen in a new series.<\/p>\n
Elizabeth Banks will play Karen Read<\/a> in an upcoming limited Prime Video series about a Massachusetts case that garnered attention<\/a> from across the country, Deadline reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n Banks will serve as executive director for the project with her producing partner, Max Handelman, and Krissy Wall, the outlet said. Banks grew up in Pittsfield, according to Berkshire Magazine<\/a>. <\/p>\n The series will be based on the Law & Crime and Wondery podcast \u201cKaren,\u201d<\/a> following the trial that made Read a \u201chousehold name.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWhen a Boston police officer is found dead in the snow, all eyes are on his girlfriend, Karen Read,\u201d Deadline wrote. \u201cFracturing a community, some believe she is guilty of first-degree murder, but others believe she\u2019s the victim of a sweeping cover-up by state and local law enforcement.\u201d<\/p>\n The outlet noted the series explores society\u2019s obsession with true crime, allure to conspiracy and the deepening crisis of trust in institutions.<\/p>\n Banks has previously worked with Prime Video, starring in the hit series \u201cThe Better Sister.\u201d Other acting credits include \u201cThe Hunger Games,\u201d \u201cThe LEGO Movie,\u201d \u201cPitch Perfect,\u201d and \u201cThe 40-Year-Old Virgin.\u201d<\/p>\n If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.masslive.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Another popular crime case is heading to the television screen in a new series. Elizabeth Banks will play Karen Read in an upcoming limited Prime Video series about a Massachusetts case that garnered attention from across the country, Deadline reported. Banks will serve as executive director for the project with her producing partner, Max Handelman, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1983069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1983069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1983069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1983069\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1983069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1983069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1983069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}