Based on the Law & Crime and Wondery podcast "Karen", the series follows the trial that captivated the country. When a Boston police officer is found dead in the snow, all eyes are on his girlfriend, Read. The case fractures a community, with some believing she is guilty of first-degree murder, and others that she's the victim of a sweeping cover-up by state and local law enforcement. This series explores society's obsession with true crime, the allure of conspiracy and the deepening crisis of trust in our institutions.
The Elizabeth Banks miniseries was being developed even before the trial ended this past spring. Read was acquitted of second-degree murder and manslaughter in the death of her boyfriend, and was convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol, ultimately sentenced to serve a year of probation. The 2025 retrial stemmed from a first trial that began in April of last year that concluded in a mistrial due to a "starkly divided" hung jury.
In a recent interview, Karen Read stated that she is not at all involved with the Elizabeth Banks Prime Video limited series: "I have nothing to do with that; it's not authorized by me in any way. There is more to this story — I won't say another side, I think that the public at large knows this story, they know the truth, but there's a lot more to it than what, I think, Elizabeth Banks knows at this point. I've never spoken to her. I have not blessed this, no".
Read continued that she "heard through the grapevine" that Banks was interested in portraying her in a project, but heard nothing further from her: "She knows who our contacts are. Yeah, we're not hard to find."
Read's attorney Alan Jackson added: "At the end of the day, this is Karen Read's story to tell; it's not Hollywood's story to make up and to fill in blanks that they want to fill in, to take poetic license, literary license, movie license … It's a little bit of a shame that she was never even consulted, never even contacted."
Banks also will executive produce through her Brownstone banner along with her producing partner Max Handelman and Krissy Wall. Kelley will executive produce through his David E. Kelley Productions banner along with Matt Tinker. Jen Sargent, Marshall Lewy, Aaron Hart and Jeni Mulein will executive produce through their Wondery banner, alongside Rachel Stockman and Dan Abrams through their Law & Crime company.
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