The Girl from Plainville
The Girl from Plainville is an American drama miniseries created by Liz Hannah and Patrick Macmanus. The television series stars Elle Fanning, Chloë Sevigny, and Colton Ryan. The series premiered on Hulu on March 29, 2022. A portion of the series showed at SXSW on March 12, 2022. The series is a dramatization of the events leading to the death of Conrad Roy and his girlfriend Michelle Carter's conviction for involuntary manslaughter. The series has received mostly positive reviews, with praises going towards the performances of Fanning, Ryan and Sevigny. Premise. "The Girl from Plainville  explores the events leading to the death of Conrad Roy and his girlfriend Michelle Carter's conviction for involuntary manslaughter. In addition, Ella Kennedy Davis co-stars as Sydney Roy, one of Coco's younger sisters. Production. Development. On August 15, 2019, it was announced that Universal Cable Productions was developing a television series inspired by the case, with documentarian Erin Lee Carr and journalist Jesse Barron serving as consulting producers. On August 7, 2020, it was reported that series was given a straight-to-series order and the series would be titled The Girl From Plainville" which would be  on Hulu. The series is created by Liz Hannah and Patrick Macmanus who are also expected to executive produce alongside Elle Fanning and Brittany Kahan Ward. Universal Content Productions, Echo Lake Entertainment, and Littleton Road Productions are the production companies involved with producing the series. On April 14, 2021, it was announced that Lisa Cholodenko is set to direct the first two episodes of the series. On September 2, 2021, it was reported that Hannah, Zetna Fuentes, and Pippa Bianco were added as directors for the limited series. The series was released on March 29, 2022. The series is scheduled  to release on StarzPlay in UK, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Japan, and Latin America, including Brazil and Mexico. Filming for the series began on August 17, 2021, and concluded on December 10, 2021, in Savannah, Georgia. Casting. Upon the series order announcement, it was reported that Elle Fanning was cast to star. On May 6, 2021, it was announced that Colton Ryan joined that cast on a starring role. In August 2021, it was reported that Chloë Sevigny, Norbert Leo Butz, Cara Buono, and Kai Lennox were cast  as series regulars. On October 1, 2021, it was announced that Peter Gerety, Michael Mosley, Ella Kennedy Davis, Pearl Amanda Dickson, Kylie Liya Page, and Jeff Wahlberg joined the cast in recurring roles. Reception. "The Girl from Plainville" received mostly positive reviews from critics. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 93% approval rating based on 29 critic reviews, with an average rating of 7.2/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Grounded by a disturbingly powerful performance by Elle Fanning, "The Girl from Plainville" dramatizes a sordid true story with tasteful restraint." On Metacritic, the limited series has a  score of 76 out of 100, based on 18 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews." Saloni Gajjar "The A.V. Club" gave the limited series a B- and said, "it succeeds in bringing a humane element to a puzzling crime without sensationalizing it. And for the most part, this is because of rousing performances by Fanning, Ryan, and Chloë Sevigny..."