Prime Video Boards Meredith Kercher Doc ‘The Homicide Of Meredith’ – Deadline

EXCLUSIVE: Prime Video is to delve into the surprising homicide of British scholar Meredith Kercher again in 2007.

Amazon’s streaming service has boarded The Homicide of Meredith and brought UK and Eire rights. British indie Woodcut Media is producing and distributor Abacus Media Rights has the rights elsewhere and shall be promoting the feature-length doc in Cannes at Mipcom.

The 90-minute doc is about to launch on Amazon in November after Abacus brokered an settlement with Amazon. It’s going to look to reframe the narrative across the horrible occasions of November 1, 2007, when the 21-year-old Kercher was brutally murdered whereas finding out within the Italian college city of Perugia

Her story led to a media frenzy filled with hypothesis, twists and turns. Over time, her life and repute have been pulled aside and eclipsed by Amanda Knox, the American scholar and Kercher’s flatmate who was accused over her homicide together with Rudy Guede and Raffaele Sollecito. All three had been discovered responsible of homicide however Knox and Sollecito each later had their convictions overturned.

The Homicide of Meredith shall be instructed by these concerned with the case and look at the proof, egos and errors that left Kercher’s household with extra questions than solutions. 

Angie Cox is producer and director, whereas Matthew Gordon and Koala Anastasi are govt producers for Surviving a Serial Killer indie Woodcut.

“Fifteen years on from some of the talked about murders in fashionable historical past, we convey collectively the important thing individuals concerned within the authentic investigation,” mentioned Cox. “We additionally hear from Patrick Lumumba, who Amanda Knox falsely accused of the homicide. On the coronary heart of this are Meredith and her household. And with archive of household interviews and press conferences, we present how a household united in grief fought for the reality.”

Jonathan Ford, Managing Director at Abacus Media Rights added: “It’s a privilege to be on board this mission offered to us by Woodcut Media and we’re happy to have secured this take care of Prime Video within the UK and Eire for this Amazon unique. It’s a real crime story that digs deep into the mysterious homicide of this younger scholar might years in the past. This can be a story that shocked the world with many questions nonetheless left unanswered.”