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Just two months after Elizabeth Olsen has signed on to play murdered Candy Montgomery in HBO Maxs Love and Death, Lily Rabe has come aboard to play victim Betty Gore. The new series is based on the true story of the grisly 1980 killing of Betty Gore, who was struck 41 times with an axe by Candy Montgomery, with Deadline revealing the news of Rabes casting. The horrific murder rocked the small town of Wylie, Texas, which will serve as the basis for both this series and another show on Hulu starr...

With Elizabeth Olsen co-starring as axe murderer Candy Montgomery, Jesse Plemons has picked up a lead role in Love and Death at HBO Max.

New HBO Max True Crime Miniseries Turns Elizabeth Olsen Into an Axe-Wielding Maniac Share New HBO Max True Crime Miniseries Turns Elizabeth Olsen Into an Axe-Wielding Maniac Elizabeth Olsen is set to play axe wielding murderer Candy Montgomery in the HBO Max limited true crime series Love and Death. The true crime limited series Love and Death will see Elizabeth Olsen playing notorious axe murderer Candy Montgomery, who hacked her best friend to death in 1980 as the result of a deadly love-tri...

After her successful run on Marvels WandaVision, Elizabeth Olsen is returning to the small screen in a new series for HBO Max entitled Love and Death. The 32-year-old actress has signed on to play real-life axe murderer Candy Montgomery in the new series, according to Variety. Big Little Lies creator David E. Kelley will create the show and executive produce alongside Nicole Kidman, with Lesli Linka Glatter on board to direct.  New show: After her successful run on Marvels WandaVision, Elizab...

Rick James Super Freak will focus on James music career and the early 1990s trial that derailed his attempt at a comeback. Universal Studio Groups UCP is tackling another real-life — and larger than life — subject: singer Rick James. The studio is developing  Super Freak, a limited series it describes as "a funkadelic mix of music biopic and true crime," that would trace James career and focus on his plans for a comeback in the early 1990s amid a trial for assault and kidnapping that threa...

Rick James Limited Series in the Works at UCP Paul Natkin/WireImage Super Freak will focus on James music career and the early 1990s trial that derailed his attempt at a comeback. Universal Studio Groups UCP is tackling another real-life — and larger than life — subject: singer Rick James. The studio is developing Super Freak, a limited series it describes as "a funkadelic mix of music biopic and true crime," that would trace James career and focus on his plans for a comeback in the early...