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Peacock Developing Scripted Gilgo Beach Murders Series From Jordan Hawley and 50 Cent

The move extends Peacock’s true-crime push following Rex Heuermann’s guilty plea.

Overview

  • Peacock is developing a scripted drama about the Gilgo Beach murders with writer and executive producer Jordan Hawley and executive producer Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson.
  • The series is inspired by Peacock’s docuseries The Gilgo Beach Killer: House of Secrets, with UCP producing alongside Jackson’s G-Unit Films and Television.
  • The docuseries added a fourth episode on April 23, two weeks after Rex Heuermann pleaded guilty to murdering eight women, and he is set for sentencing in June.
  • The official description frames a decades-long manhunt that ends when detectives crack the case and a family must confront the suspect’s double life.
  • Police found 10 sets of human remains near Gilgo Beach in 2010–2011, and the scripted project has no announced casting, greenlight, or release timeline.