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Amazon MGM Studios Wins Fevered Auction For ‘Murder 101’ Based On Podcast; ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’s Jon Watts Developing To Direct

Amazon MGM Studios has landed the package Murder 101, with Jon Watts attached to direct. Watts will also produce alongside Dianne McGunigle and KT Studios’ Stephanie Lydecker. This follows a brisk auction last week that had numerous studios in the fray.

The film forms its basis from the true story that unfolds in the KT Studios’ and iHearts’ #1 true crime podcast. Set in a small Tennessee town, the podcast told a story about how a group of high school students and their teacher Alex Campbell profiled a local serial killer. It led to his capture.

Jon Watts most recently directed Marvel Studios/Sony Pictures’ Spider-Man: Homecoming Trilogy and directed and executive produced the FX series The Old Man. Upcoming, Watts wrote, directed, and produced Wolfs, starring George Clooney and Brad Pitt, set for a fall release from Apple Studios and Sony. He also co-created, directed and executive produced the new Lucasfilm/Disney+ series Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, starring Jude Law.

The project was found by McGunigle, who is married to Watts and was associate producer on the Sundance hit Cop Car, the film that got him into the Spider-Man trilogy that stars Tom Holland. She is prolific in her own right, producing the Searchlight Pictures feature Chevalier, directed by Stephen Williams, and produced the upcoming Watts-directed feature Wolfs. On the small screen she was an executive producer on FX’s Golden Globe and Peabody Award-winning series Atlanta.