‘The Innocent Man’ Trailer: Netflix Continues To Satisfy Your True Crime Craving
If there’s one thing Netflix has learned, it’s that peopleloveto watch true crime. It’s an obsession that can’t accurately be explained – time and time again, we tune into grisly stories of horrible real-life murders, and watch rapt, like moths to a flame. In the spirit of giving the people what they want, Netflix is about to debutThe Innocent Man, a new docu-series based on John Grishams only true crime book. WatchThe Innocent Mantrailer below.
The Innocent Man Trailer
In 2010, John Grisham – an author well-known for his fiction focused on lawyers – published his one and only true crime story,The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town. The book focuses on Ron Williamson, who seemed destine to become a major league baseball player. But his dreams of sports stardom were shattered, leading to a spiral filled with drinking and drugs. In 1982, a cocktail waitress was murdered close to Ron’s home, and Ron was eventually convicted of the crime and sentenced to death. But the evidence was flimsy and even tainted. This sounds very similar to Netflix’sMaking a Murderer, but Ron Williamson’s guilt (or lack thereof) seems a lot more cut and dry than Steven Avery’s.
Based on the footage here,The Innocent Manis following heavily in the footsteps of the iconic true crime docThe Thin Blue Line, in which an innocent was sent to jail for murdering a cop. The blend of news clippings and stylish re-enactments have become commonplace for true crime, butThe Thin Blu Linepioneered them.
The Innocent Manis streaming globally on NetflixDecember 14, 2018.
Directed by Clay Tweel (Finders Keepers,Gleason,Out of Omaha),The Innocent Manincludes interviews with victims' friends and families, Ada residents, attorneys, journalists, and others involved in the cases. (Grisham appears, as does attorney Barry Scheck, co-director of the Innocence Project.) Developed as a documentary series by Tweel and Ross Dinerstein, it blends new footage with compelling archival video and photos. The series is produced by Maura Anderson and Shannon Riggs. Executive producers are John Grisham, David Gernert, Tweel and Dinerstein.
