Jason Clark (Oppenheimer, winning time) has signed on to play real-life convicted killer Alex Murdaugh in Hulu’s Untitled Murdaugh Murders limited series. Patricia ArquettePlays Maggie, the matriarch of the family.
From co-creator and showrunner Michael D. Fuller and Erin Lee CarrThis true crime drama tells the story of Alex Murdaugh, who on the surface seemed to have it all: wealth, status and unfettered privilege in rural Hampton County, South Carolina, where the Murdaugh family Four generations established a huge legal dynasty there.
But when a fatal accident thrusts Alex, his wife Maggie, and their sons Buster and Paul into the spotlight, Murdo’s strong exterior begins to crumble, leading Alex to take increasingly Desperate measures to preserve his family’s reputation and protect his dark secret.
In 2023, Alex Murdaugh was convicted of killing his wife and son Paul two years earlier. He was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole. In January, he was denied a new trial after he requested an appeal.
A few years before the murders, Buster Murdo’s classmate Stephen Smith was killed in what was believed to be a hit-and-run accident.
Based on new evidence gathered in the Murdo family slayings, police reopened Smith’s case and reclassified it as a murder. Buster Murdaugh denied any involvement in Smith’s death. No arrests have been made in Smith’s case, which is often linked to coverage of the Murdough family.
As chronicled in the Netflix series The Murdaugh Murders: A Southern ScandalWhen 19-year-old Paul Murdaugh was driving a boat while drunk, a girl in his circle of friends was ejected from a speeding vehicle and her body was found eight days later after she was killed in the accident.
The family has always seemed connected to the death of those around them, and the murders of Paul and his mother Maggie were the final events that led to the final conviction.
The series is based on Maggie Murdock and Alex Murdaugh’s stranger-than-fiction family drama, based on Mandy Matney’s countless hours of reporting. is a journalist and the founder of the popular Murdo Murders Podcast.
Nick Antosca (family friends, the act) and Cat Eater’s Alex Hedlund will executive produce alongside Matney.
By: Deadline
