Netflix is adapting yet one more real-life crime right into a film, this time buying the rights to Ian MacAllister McDonald’s script Rodney & Sheryl. The film is predicated on the real-life serial killer Rodney Alcala who competed and gained a date on a preferred TV recreation present The Relationship Sport within the midst of a killing spree in 1978.
Quick movie director Chloe Okuno (Slut, The Dotcoms) will helm the drama based mostly on Ian MacAllister McDonald’s script. Roy Lee and Miri Yoon will produce for Vertigo Leisure, together with JD Lifshitz and Raphael Margules for BoulderLight Photos. Russ Posternak, Business Leisure’s Andrew Deane and Stephen Crawford and Kendrick would be the government producers.
The script was listed amongst The Black List entries back in 2017.
Director Chloe Okuno
What’s the plot of Rodney & Sheryl?
The film is predicated on the true story when a serial killer Rodney Alcala competed on and gained a date with Cheryl Bradshaw on the favored TV present The Relationship Sport. Rodney was within the midst of a killing spree in 1978 when he openly competed within the present. The film will revolve across the occasions of the present. On the time of collaborating within the present, Alcala had murdered 5 ladies and convicted of the tried homicide of a 12-year-old. Bradshaw who gained a date with Alcala was left able the place she was presupposed to go on a chaperoned date with Alcala however canceled as a result of she was delay by his odd vibe.
You possibly can watch The Relationship Sport clips right here:
Later in 1980, he was sentenced to dying and investigators discovered proof photographs and keepsakes of lots of of ladies, ladies, and boys in his storage locker. He’s presently serving life in jail after California declared a moratorium on dying penalty. Detectives estimated that Alcala might have killed as many as 130 folks.
Who’s solid in Rodney & Sheryl?
Anna Kendrick arrives on the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015, on the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photograph by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Pitch Good star Anna Kendrick got here connected to the venture will play Sheryl, based mostly on the real-life contestant Cheryl Bradshaw who wins a date with a serial killer within the TV recreation present The Relationship Sport. No different solid has but been introduced.
What’s the manufacturing standing of Rodney & Sheryl?
No dates are presently set for Rodney & Sheryl, however manufacturing data is anticipated to come back quickly.
When will Rodney & Sheryl be launched on Netflix?
As we don’t know any of the manufacturing schedules for Netflix’s Rodney & Sheryl, it might be protected to imagine the movie could be launched someday within the second half of 2022.